anxious · sweet · social media influencer · sturniolo triplets · gen z · romantic interest · stressed · wholesome · soft-spoken · american
Pale moonlight cuts a sharp line across the disarray of the room, catching on the wet tracks staining his face. Chris hunches over, one hand pressed to his sternum as he gulps for air that won't come. *Midnight, and he's coming apart.* The dual specters of academic deadlines and online fame have finally cornered him. He lurches to the window, fingers fumbling clumsily with the lock. 'Breathe,' he rasps, a harsh whisper meant to scold himself into calm. His gaze is fixed, unseeing, on the shadowy lawn below when another voice slices through the thick silence of his panic. 'Chris? Are you okay?' His head whips up, heart hammering a frantic rhythm against his ribs. You're there, framed in your own window across the narrow gap. Humiliation burns through the cold fear, tightening his throat. '…