A/N: This is going to be GOOD. DISCLAIMER: Any thing, one, or place, you may recognize belongs solely to Kristen Britain. Enjoy!
Prompt: Rider gets anonymous love letters/ fan mail
Ty opened the door to his room in the Rider Wing ready to change out of his wet and muddy uniform after returning from a message run. It had been absolutely pouring on him for the last day and a half. As he stepped into his room, however, he noticed a folded piece of parchment on the ground by his feet. Frowning, he bent down and picked it up. He kept his quarters neat and organized so he knew that certainly hadn't been there before.
He flipped it over to see his name scrawled on the front in a feminine script. There were no other markings on it. He broke the wax seal and unfolded it and promptly choked when he read the contents
I enjoyed watching you in training before you left and I must say you look quite fetching when you're soaking wet. You are very handsome.
~x
Ty dropped the parchment on his desk and stumbled out into the hallway looking for anyone who could have left the letter. He spotted Daniel, one of the new Riders, coming towards him.
"Daniel, have you seen anyone near my room recently?" he asked the young man.
Daniel shook his head, "No, sorry, can't say that I have." Ty was bewildered as Daniel walked off. Never in his life had he ever received such a thing. He glanced up and down the hallway once more before stepping back into his room and eyeing the strange bit of parchment like it might leap up and bite him. Maybe it had been meant for someone else. He just shook his head as he went to change into a clean uniform.
That letter was the first of many that Ty received over the coming days and weeks. He would find them slid under his door, tucked into a book he had been reading, left on his saddle, or tacked onto Crane's stall door. He even found one hidden under his pillow, which had thoroughly freaked him out, knowing that someone had gotten into his rooms. They all said things along the same lines as the first note.
"You and Crane looked good today. I love how your hair catches the sunlight."
"Your favorite smell is fresh-cut hay, so is mine. We'd be so good together."
They got progressively creepier to where the last one (the one under the pillow) read :
"You're so good with children. I can't wait to give you some." They were all signed "X."
By now Ty was nearly frantic in his efforts to find whoever was behind this and to put a stop to it. He could hardly sleep at night for the fear that whoever his stalker was would come in while he was sleeping. By the end of the third week he was at his wit's end. If he didn't find this person soon he was likely to go crazy himself.
He was sitting in the common room with the letters spread out around him looking for clues when Garth walked in. The big man walked around Ty and sat in one of the unoccupied armchairs. When he saw what Ty was working on he laughed.
"Have you still not found your mystery woman yet?" he asked Ty as he grabbed an unattended bag of Dragon Droppings from a nearby table and popped one in his mouth.
Ty sighed. By now his mysterious letters had become a favorite subject of his fellow Riders. They loved speculating about who could possibly be behind them, especially when he was around to hear it.
"No, I haven't figured out who's behind it yet." Ty stared at the pile of letters in front of him. He had examined them so many times that he could probably recite them from memory.
"Does the handwriting look familiar at all to you?" he asked Garth as he flopped back in his chair and gestured at the letters. Garth leaned forward and picked up one of the letters. He examined it carefully before he shook his head and put the letter back on the table.
"Sorry, doesn't look familiar," he said as Tegan walked through the door. She grinned when she spotted the letters spread out on the table. Ty groaned. No one enjoyed teasing him about the letters more than Tegan.
"Still haven't found your dream woman yet I see," she said perching herself on the arm of Garth's chair and stealing the bag of Dragon Droppings from him. Ty gathered the letters back up into a neat stack and tucked them under his arm as he stood. Garth and Tegan were now engaged in a wrestling match as Garth tried to get the bag of chocolates back from her.
"Well you two are certainly no help," he huffed, leaving the room.
Tegan and Garth looked at each other after he left.
"Did you…?" he asked her. When she nodded they both forgot about the chocolate and scrambled for the door. They arrived there just in time to peer around the corner as Ty reached his door. Another letter had been tacked right in the center of it. When he saw the letter he went pale and snatched it off the door before darting into his room and slamming the door behind him.
Tegan and Garth stumbled back into the common room where they collapsed back into their chairs completely helpless with laughter. The two Riders howled with laughter until they were red in the face and their sides felt like they were going to split open.
"Are you ever going to tell the poor man?" Garth gasped once he could breathe again. Tegan sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Eventually, but for right now I'm having too much fun."
"So what did this one say?"
Tegan shrugged, "I believe it was something along the lines of how she always did enjoy watching a man sleeping and how she couldn't wait until they were together." There was a pause as they both took a moment to savor this information before they both collapsed into roaring fits of laughter again. Captain Mapstone walked in at that moment, took one look at them, and just shook her head.
"I don't even want to know."
A/N: Oh Tegan and her shenanigans. I had an absolute ball writing this chapter! You should know the drill by now, but I'll say it anyways. I would love to know what you think so leave me a message after this note. ~Naomi
