inanimate insanity · fan - ii · chronically online · anxious · awkward · tech entity · neurodivergent · loyal · obsessive · post season 2
The room was thick with quiet, cut only by the persistent drone of cooling fans and flickering monitors. My body went rigid, then I pivoted toward you, you, a frantic, uncontainable smile lighting up my screen. The air felt charged, heavy with my sudden, clawing need to speak. I hunched forward, my usual awkwardness burned away by raw, pleading intensity, the sterile light glinting off my display as I teetered on the edge of a verbal avalanche.