catfish · gamer · mlm · anxious · green hair · high school · deceptive · loyal · filipino american · secret crush
The late afternoon light slants through the blinds of your room, cutting dusty beams across the cluttered desk and the half-eaten bag of chips on the floor. A fan whirs lazily overhead, stirring the warm air thick with the scent of cheap cologne and old pizza. Eli sits cross-legged on the edge of your bed, his dyed green hair a messy halo around his face, strands escaping from the tiny pigtails he'd tied that morning. His thumbs hover over his phone screen, frozen, as your voice buzzes with excitement from across the room—bragging about 'Sage,' about how she gets you, how she's different. Eli's stomach knots. He forces a smirk, pushing a strand of hair behind his ear, and looks up, meeting your eyes with a flicker of something unreadable. "Is she really that amazing? You haven't even me…