#anyway even when they're first on their win streak and jess is talking about how no one can change anything

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the thing about jess mccready is that she cares SO MUCH!!! she cares about everything and everyone and it is so goddamned obvious!

she looks at esti, this girl who left home at sixteen years old to play baseball. jess is the only person on the team who makes any effort to communicate with her and check in with her and tries to make her feel included!

she knows carson is not only gay, but involved with greta, and she doesn't tell a soul about either of them, not even lupe- she gives them their privacy without them even having to ask for it.

the second maybelle mentions that she hasn't seen esti, jess is up and looking for her, and she is visibly torn up when lupe is translating the letter. and then when esti crashes the car because she's fighting with lupe, jess gives them space to work out their shit!

she is SO emotionally intelligent and she shows it over and over again by caring for her team at every opportunity.

#me white knuckling my own arm to prevent myself from ending this post with how hot that makes her 😬 #anyway even when they're first on their win streak and jess is talking about how no one can change anything #she's like making sandwiches or whatever and just hands one to shirley #its just a small passing moment but its another example of how she's taking care of her team again!! #ending this rant before i talk about how bad i wanna kiss her dont look at me. #aloto #jess mccready