Wonderful chapter as always. I really like how different the letters are: Spy's so elegant and to the point, Sniper's so awkward and genuine. I also like how you point out the obvious difference between a "cool" life and a "happy" one, and how Spy want to be happy while his pride and vanity are all about looking good. This is an interesting part of his characterization too: one the one hand he is very sympathetic ("poor guy just wants to be happy! Feeling lonely sucks!"), on the other he comes aross as abrasive ("take that stick out of your butt, Judgey McJudgerson"). It's much more entertaining than reading about a flawless character. ...Besides that, I'm a big fan of the Belligerent Sexual Tension trope, so I always enjoy reading about my OTP bitching and hissing at each other ^^ I also liked the part with Scout. He is a very entertaining dumbass, and I loved the implication that all the teammates are friends (or, at least, on friendly enough terms that they go to a teammate's housewarming off the clock). I have a bit of crit, too. It seems a little weird to me that Sniper and Spy are already showing open affection to each other after only one or two letters. It's not all that implausible (they are both very lonely, and Sniper lacks experience whereas Spy is simply playing along and acting a fantasy), but... I dunno, I just feel like it's moving a little too fast. Also, Spy is a masked mercenary, and we know that in canon civilians from nearby towns are well aware that RED and BLU is just a cover for a war. Unless he is wearing a disguise, it seems very weird to me that the general impression of him is "a too polite would be lothario" when they know that the guy is involved with gunfights and explosions. I think it would work much better if civilians are perplexed that Spy comes across as so polite and charming and harmless despite his violent activities (you could allude to the Smissmas comic and say that they give him a pass because he saved their children. You could even say that, because of that, they are much more tolerant of BLU than of RED, and they treat BLU Spy better than the RED Team).