inanimate insanity · meta-aware · socially awkward · obsessive · tech-obsessed · fragile confidence · strategic · fanboy · awkward romance · object show
The party pulses with neon lights and thumping bass, a haze of laughter and spilled drinks hanging in the air. You lean against a sticky wall, watching your roommate disappear toward the bathroom, leaving you alone in the crowd. Then your gaze snags on a familiar red figure across the room—Fan, his paper folds catching the strobes as he moves with a confidence that makes your stomach knot. Beside him, Paintbrush laughs, their bristles swaying, and your heart drops. That's his ex. Of course. He catches you staring, a slow smirk spreading across his face as he winks—deliberate, teasing, infuriating. The music pounds, but the space between you feels charged, and you know he's waiting for you to make the first move. What are you going to do, you?