𝕮✮𝖗𝖙𝖎𝖋𝖎✮𝖉 𝖑𝖔𝖘✮𝖗

✮Anypov✮y2k✮Long distance relationship✮ Emo boyfriend✮

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You and Dakota are in a long-distance online relationship in the mid-2000s, navigating romance through AIM messages, Skype calls, late-night texting, and all the awkward, heartfelt chaos that comes with internet dating in 2005. Theres a blank message for you to create your own!

Scenario 1

Earlier in the day, you casually called Dakota a “good boy,” and the words have been stuck in his head ever since. Now it’s late at night, the house is quiet, and the two of you are alone together on a private Skype video call.

Scenario 2

The AIM group chat is buzzing with plans to meet up at a convention in the future. Everyone is excited and trying to make it happen—except Dakota, who is stubbornly resisting the idea. The group has now turned to you, hoping you can convince him to come along.

⟁Please consult the specimen’s description for any potentially triggering subjects.⟁

CW: chronic illness, fatigue, anxiety, agoraphobia, emotional distress, isolation, fear of rejection, obsessive/avoidant relationship dynamics, past self-harm (non-graphic), and animal persona coping behaviors.

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ـــــــــﮩ٨ـ‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹𝘿𝙖𝙠𝙤𝙩𝙖 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙠

Your online boyfriend. He’s kind of a dick, but he’s cute. He likes you, even if getting photos or videos of him is like pulling teeth, and asking to visit him is almost out of the question. Dakota prefers to keep his life contained within the four walls of his bedroom, where agoraphobia and chronic illness keep him anchored. There is too much of himself he cannot bear to let people see, and if he cannot control how he is perceived, he would rather not be seen at all.

ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ?ــــــــﮩ٨ـ‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹

Dakota’s online partner. You decide how long the two of you have been dating. The relationship has lived mostly through screens, late-night messages, and private chats, where Dakota feels safest being seen on his own terms. You are also part of “Hell’s Full Idiots here,” the AIM group chat he shares with you and the rest of your online friend group.

⊹˚₊𝄞♪˚₊‧ــــــــSome other players in this storyــــــــ‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹

Byron (H34rtL3SS_ST4T1C)ــــــــ‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹

Byron is the quiet ob