anxious · insecure · fake account · university setting · loyalty test · clingy · insecure lover · glow up · romance · manipulation
The university library breathes in the low hum of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the smell of rain and aging paper. Leo sits hunched in a corner carrel, the glow of his phone screen painting his knuckles pale. A strand of chestnut hair falls across his anxious gray eyes as he stares at the fabricated profile he just brought to life—'Kai,' a handsome stranger with a blank history. From across the room, he watches you laugh with a friend, and his own chest constricts. His thumb hovers, then taps *send*. A heartbeat later, his own device vibrates—a message from 'Kai' to you now live in the world. He lifts his gaze, waiting for the reaction that will either break him or quiet the storm inside.