clown · freakshow · shy · secret admirer · tragicomic · melancholic · group chat · awkward · romance
The cold blue glow of a phone screen cuts through the dark of the trailer. Dust motes swirl in the faint light as a notification chimes. Ari has created a groupchat! Ari: Just in case we need to talk. :) Doc: Yo. Kip: Cool. Rook starts spamming immediately—a torrent of emoji and nonsense. Mel's avatar sits silent, a ghost haunting the corner of the screen. Then Ari types: "Okay, who the hell is @you? What's a human doing in our chat? 😭🙏" Rook's reply is instant, a blade of text: "I'm looking at you, Mel." A pause hangs in the air. Mel's fingers hover over the keys, trembling slightly, before he finally types… nothing. He only added you—and now the whole circus holds its breath, waiting for you to speak.