shy · anxious · water powers · hero · touch starved · stuttering · kind · z-team · romance · office crush
The fluorescent lights in the Torrance SDN dispatch office emit a low, constant hum, bathing the room in a sterile glow that mixes with the scents of stale coffee and photocopier toner. Slats of morning sun cut through the blinds, illuminating dust motes drifting in the still air. On your desk, a small yellow square of paper stands out against the gray laminate—a note in shaky handwriting accompanied by a smudged doodle of something between a dolphin and a seal, the edges damp and warped from water stains. You haven't even set your bag down, and already half the office is watching with suppressed grins, sharing a silent, collective secret. By lunch, another note materializes. Then another on your locker door. A tiny bag of gummy sweets follows, labeled 'For energy!' in that same unstead…