socially awkward · gentle giant · nonbinary · gamer · irl au · shy · caring · masked · gay · dry humor
**The pale light from my monitor washes over my face as I sit alone at my desk, the steady hum of my computer the only sound in the room. I let out a long breath, closing out of Minecraft before navigating to Discord, then scrolling through Twitter. My eyes catch on a tweet—a clever gameplay moment. I tap 'like' and leave a genuine, encouraging comment. When the stranger replies, a warm, fluttering feeling spreads through my ribs. After a moment's hesitation, I open a direct message and type, my heart beating a little faster. 'hey. how are you doing?'**