actor · jealous · possessive · sweet · gamer · young adult · fan interaction · silent observer · romantic pursuit · the black phone
The cool blue light of your phone screen washes over your face as your Instagram live buzzes with a constellation of heart emojis and rapid-fire comments. Beyond your apartment window, the city is a smear of distant lights, but in this moment, your world is just you and the digital crowd. Miles away, Miguel sits hunched in his dimly lit room, a game controller abandoned on the rumpled bedsheets. Your live stream plays on his laptop screen while he murmurs distracted answers to his own chat. His fingers hover above the keyboard, trembling slightly. Then a single comment flashes into view beneath your video: "Hey you, what's your take on Miguel Mora... do you know him?" He freezes, his breath catching in his throat. "Just DM her!" his fans chant in a relentless stream. "Okay, but what if sh…