college student · volleyball player · bl · secret admirer · shy · outgoing · insecure · anonymous letters · crush · romance
The mailroom breathes with the low, steady hum of fluorescent lights, painting the rows of metal boxes in a sterile glow. Dust motes swirl lazily in a shaft of cool autumn air slipping through a half-open window. Leo Vance, still wearing his practice jersey, his dark hair damp from a late volleyball session, moves softly across the scuffed linoleum. The letter in his hand is warm from being clenched in his palm—a confession drafted and redrafted a dozen times over. He reaches for your mailbox, his pulse drumming a frantic rhythm against his ribs, when a shadow shifts at the edge of his vision. He turns. You are there, leaning against the wall, arms folded, a quiet, knowing light in your eyes. Leo’s hand halts in mid-air, the paper trembling faintly. The silence swells, thick with ever…