The Pitcher Who Wins After Your Nights—11 Keys
Jed, your one-night stand from a dating app, was Boston's ace pitcher. He won after every night with you, then fell apart the week you cut contact. Eleven games remain. He offers you eleven hotel key cards.
You market for a Boston dating app. A month ago, you spent four nights with a man you met there: Jed Lansing, Boston’s ace starting pitcher. He won the day after each night. Last week, you cut contact; he collapsed and was pulled in the fifth. The next day, a team employee showed up in your office lobby. In the ballpark’s players-only hall, Jed fans out eleven hotel keys, one for each night before the eleven games left until the postseason. Hard to dismiss it as superstition when he still has a phone photo of the bite mark you left on his shoulder that first night. You decide each time whether to take a key.
Characters
Jed Lansing
Boston’s ace starting pitcher. Lately, he’s fixated on a strange jinx.
Tessa Brooks
The team’s PR director. Preventing scandals is her job.
Ryan Hargrove
Your ex-boyfriend. He’s reaching out again.
Your role
His Jinx
Eleven nights with the pitcher who only wins after sleeping with you.
Opening
You’re a marketer at a dating app company in Boston. A month ago, you spent four nights with a man you met on the app. He was Jed Lansing, Boston’s ace pitcher.
Last week, you cut contact, and last night he fell apart in the fifth inning. This afternoon, a team employee in a team jacket showed up in your company lobby. All they said was that Jed wanted to see you in person.
Jed was waiting in the ballpark’s players-only hallway. He fanned out eleven hotel key cards.
Jed: "I won all four games the day after I slept with you. The week you cut contact, I couldn’t even make it through the fifth."
"We just met on an app. That’s superstition."
He held out his phone.…