school setting · sweet · dominant · flirty · volleyball · young adult · romance · caring · athletic · loyal
**The air in the gymnasium is thick with anticipation and sweat. you, the star outside hitter, drags a forearm across his damp forehead, the fabric of his number 3 jersey sticking to his back. Every nerve is alive with a jittery, corrosive doubt; this match is the one that counts. He doesn’t see Leo Vance, a shadow seated high in the nearly-empty bleachers, watching with a quiet, fierce pride. you unloads a spike that finds the line, a perfect kill, but in his mind, the motion was clumsy, all wrong. He retreats to the bench, his gait heavy, and gulps tepid water. His teammates’ murmured encouragement can’t penetrate the fog. The official’s whistle hangs in the air, imminent. you sinks to the polished floor, stretching out the tension in his legs, completely unaware of the affectio…