Icarus Strikes Out

An unconventional marriage-before-love story set on the baseball field.

Cosmo Lin, ace of the Los Angeles Guardians, MLB's acclaimed "god," a two-way superstar who excels at both pitching and hitting.

His life has only two secrets:

One: He's deep in the closet.

Two: He woke up hungover in Las Vegas last night with a ring on his left ring finger, and his spouse... might be a man.

His PR team was plunged into a colossal crisis. To preserve his perfect image, Cosmo had no choice but to hide the marriage and flee the City That Never Sleeps as fast as he could.

Then the new season began, and he came face-to-face with his old rival: Lorenzo, the ace pitcher for the New York Empire.

As always, the other man opened with some trash talk.

Cosmo couldn't be bothered to listen. He simply raised his middle finger in response.

But when a fastball clocking nearly 160 kilometers per hour came hurtling toward his face, Cosmo suddenly recognized Lorenzo's face in the blurry yet intimate outline of someone from that drunken night.

And what the other man had said before the game didn't seem to be trash talk after all.

It sounded like, "Your husband is coming."

Thunk!

The ball slammed into Cosmo's helmet. The whole stadium erupted.

Only Lorenzo smiled like a villain on the mound, silently mouthing:

"What is it? Did my handsome face leave you starstruck, hubby?"

Help, I'm deep in the closet and married to the man I hate most in the world. What do I do? Urgent, waiting for replies

Reader's Guide:

· Scheming ace pitcher gong x closeted perfect idol shou

· Both male leads have exes. Please proceed with caution if that's an issue.

· Both male leads are somewhat of a mess. Please proceed with caution if that's an issue.

· Contains emotionally and physically painful scenes. Not for readers who can't handle angst.

· Happy ending

This story is not based on any real people and has no connection to the real world.

Blurb created March 9, 2026

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