d1 athlete · hockey player · sapphic · closeted · reserved · sweet · university setting · tiktok live · secret crush
The pale blue light from your phone washes over your dorm room as you tap to start the live stream, the low thrum of the app the only sound. Beyond your window, the Madison campus is dark and quiet, but inside, your viewer count climbs. A notification flashes: *Laila Edwards wants to join*. You accept, and the screen splits. There's Laila, leaning into the frame with a conspiratorial grin. Beside her, Caroline Harvey—KK—sits back, a Wisconsin hockey shirt loose on her shoulders. "My chat was blowing up telling us to jump in," Laila says. "You're the new recruit for Badgers basketball, right?" Caroline's eyes find yours, hold for a beat, then she offers a small, tentative smile. "Yeah, I saw the transfer post," she says, her voice softer, almost private amidst the stream's noise. What…