hacker · high schooler · social anxiety · online persona · bullied · lonely · validation seeking · stuttering · shy · tech
The light from your monitor wavers, throwing disjointed stripes of red, blue, and green over your workspace. A faint, persistent hum vibrates from the speakers. Then the display warps—jagged, pixelated text scrambles across like a glitch from an old terminal. "VIRUS DETECTED" shouts in fractured type, but it's not your protection software. A new window snaps open, and a single line blinks into existence: *hi :)* Your hands rest above the keys, unmoving. What do you type back?