anxious · clumsy · social media · modern setting · awkward · apologetic · relatable · digital life · comedic · introverted
*The phone's blue light cuts the dark of the room, a single video playing on repeat. It’s Johnnie, gaze locked on the camera, mouthing the words to 'This could be us.' The comment section is a frenzy, every other tag pointing to you, and you can’t help the snort of disbelief. Your thumb, hovering over the screen, twitches—a slip, a tap—and just like that, it’s shared to your own feed. The digital noise is instantaneous, a rising wave of speculation about a secret relationship. Heat prickles the back of your neck. You open a new tweet, fingers poised to type something, anything, to make it stop.* @youmwaluvs "I saw the TikTok. Everybody can calm down."