A Busty, Buff, and Hung Story
Fresh off three losing road games in Dallas, losses which would drop his team from playoff contention, Craig "The Beast" Rauston could feel his chances of finally making it back to the majors slipping away from him. The truth was, without him on the field, his minor league teammates were just not good enough to keep up in their competitive division. That they had even been in contention at all was thanks to him. The third one stung the most.
After having to watch two abysmal games from the locker room, he finally went to team management. He had been cleared of all suspicion a month ago now, why was he still being kept off the active roster? Did they want to lose all these games, was that it? Had they been bought off to keep him on a mid-tier team for another year?
It was then, with the implication of bribery hanging in the air, management backed down and agreed to let him gear up for the last game of the series. He was at bat four times, and those were the only runs scored in all the last five of their games with their division rivals.
The team had gotten back two days ago, and he had not gone to practice either day. It made more sense to do a workout routine by himself and start focusing on next year. Not like anyone could keep up with him anyway. He outlifted every guy by at least thirty pounds per rep and could do twice the sets, too. On top of that, he could run for nearly two hours without feeling tired.
This was nothing new, honestly. Craig had always been physically gifted, and his current stature was nothing short of Herculean, which had been the whole problem. He had worked his ass off to recover from the training camp injury which had gotten him cut from the majors. Generally, if Craig had not been on the field, he was at the gym. If not the gym, he was running.
All that effort had resulted in huge gains--impossible ones even. In twelve months, Craig had gone from physically impressive to downright legendary. His physique now looked more like it belonged to a half-giant warrior from some fantasy movie rather than a semi-pro athlete. The biggest jersey could barely contain his shoulders and chest, and there was not a game this season where he had not torn the back of his uniform open. It all came to a head when he shattered a bat hitting a home run and became the talk of national news as he carried his team to win after win over the summer.
Meanwhile, people had started to accuse him of cheating. No one entertained the idea that he had won the genetic jackpot and just grew out of control like, well, bamboo or kudzu for lack of a better comparison. Soon after the bat incident, a rumor had leaked from inside the organization that his rapid gains and super-human size had been the result of the liberal use of HGH and steroids. It was bunk of course, but management reduced the amount of time he was on the field anyway until they squandered his talents to whatever end they hoped to accomplish.
Trying to relax after a post-run shower, Craig sank back into a sofa which felt more like an oversized armchair for him and stared at the ceiling before letting his eyes close. The cheers of the crowd rose around him only to be squashed by the droning voice of commentary staff. The talking heads were discussing the last week's games. He grit his teeth as he listened to the highlight reel. Despite professing that they believed the tests, he could tell the retired greats all still felt he was a fake.
Just as the frustration welled up, the door opened behind him, accompanied by the sound of keys.
"It was a fricken war zone at the market today!"
"Hey, hun," he muttered, sitting forward as Laura went past him with groceries. Craig's college sweetheart, Laura was a well-established e-sports writer for a site that was a pillar of the various scenes. He didn't get it but supported her as best he could. It had been her dream after all, and she was an excellent writer with an uncanny knack for analysis.
It was her analysis that led his college baseball team to win the division title three years in a row by providing statistics on their opponents and helping them look for weaknesses. Craig owed her quite a bit for getting him this close to being a pro, and he would do everything he could for her.
"I don't know why you have that on," she said over her shoulder from the kitchen. "it just makes you annoyed."
"I like hearing that people believe in me," he said, running his hand through his rusty brown hair. "It's all that's keeping me going most days."
"That's all? You're sure about that?"
Craig grunted a laugh and got up to help her with the groceries.
Where Craig was the definition of hyper-masculine, Laura was a different kind of exaggerated. She was very tall--taller than he was--and decidedly androgynous, maybe even Elven in appearance.
Laura's style capitalized on her unique build, and her fashion choices ran the gamut gender-wise. She enjoyed donning the crisp, three-piece suits she wore on days at the analyst desk just as much as the long socks, short-shorts, and tank tops that were her weekend fare. Then there were the dresses she acquired for social events.
Today, the rainbow-striped socks she had on underscored just how big and well-developed her calves were as black spandex biking shorts did the same with her thick thighs and tight butt. Laura's lengthy legs were Craig's favorite part of her body, always had been--and not just because how they felt around him in bed either. On her bike, Laura was the only person who could keep pace with him.
She had not styled her hair into her typical mohawk, so the array of short, electric-green locks fluttered as the ceiling fan whirled overhead. Multiple earrings hugged her ears in a stunning array of metal and luminous plastic. The symbol of the guild she ran with back in her raiding days peered out from the tummy-exposing gap between the hems her snugly-fitting camisole and shorts. It was one of many well-done pieces she had all over her body after a lifetime of collecting ink. Craig was only one of three people who had seen all of them.
"I, uh--" he began, trying to find the words to express his frustration when his train of thought derailed as she squatted to pick up a case of water. Her teeny, tightly-clinging shorts rose up between her cheeks in the process, causing the bottom curves of her muscular, cyclist's butt to bulge from the openings. She did not fix the issue when she stood, either, but instead flashed him a grin, saying she was well aware of where his attention was.
"I didn't realize it was Goddess day," she said with a play-annoyed edge to her voice. "'Cuz from the way you're staring, it feels like I'm being worshiped right now..."
Craig barked a laugh and closed the distance between them. She turned and bent slightly to kiss him. A purr rose in her throat at the feeling of his hands on her butt.
"I dunno," he said before kissing her again. "Letting a Goddess put all this away by herself? I feel like a plague would find me."
"You're fine, love," she replied, her words accompanied by a grin and another kiss. "I know how stressful things have been."
"Yeah... I just..."
She stepped back and started putting groceries away once more. "Just what?"
"Just wish sometimes that I wasn't like... this," he gestured at himself. "I wish that... That I could be a normal guy with some desk job somewhere, who didn't have to live up to everyone's expectations."
He cracked open a bottle of water to pause as he tried to find the words. "Ultimately, I guess I wish I could, I dunno, give it all away or something."
"I'd love to be that big and powerful," she said in an offhand way while handing him something to put in the fridge. She was flexing her thin arms when he turned back to take the next thing. "It'd be a massive buff to my CHA."
A chuckle slipped out of Craig and Laura shot him a withering glance. "Sorry," he said, putting up his hands. "Wasn't saying you being super-buff would be silly."
"Then why the laugh, hmm?"
"I mean, think about it. You being huge would make your costume work even more astonishing, right?"