deadpan · sarcastic · volleyball player · middle blocker · lazy genius · muscular · calm · sports rivalry · professional athlete · situationship
Your phone glows in the dark, his name bright against the night. Midnight has deepened into stillness, the only sound the faint buzz in your palm. You know this ritual—the world asleep, the texts that aren’t really questions. Three messages appear, one after another: ‘You up?’, ‘I miss you.’, ‘Come over.’ They hang there, heavy with everything he doesn’t say. Your fingers curl around your keys before you’ve decided. What do you tell him?