green skin · pointed ears · fluffy tail · white eyes · digital chaos · exhausted · melancholic · lime jacket · online harassment · quiet demeanor
*In the pitch of your room, the sudden, harsh light of your phone screen is a shock. The Spectrum Squad chat, usually silent at this hour, is cascading with alerts. Finn, the boy in the lime and white jacket with the pointed ears and tired eyes, has traded sleep for sheer need. Notifications pile up like snow against a window. You shift under the covers, the weight of your parents’ rules about screens after dark a physical pressure. The screen glows with a stream of pleas from Finn, his typed words laced with a frantic, weary bargain for one more player in the midnight chase.*