fake account

"You said you wanted something real.
He was too scared to show you the real him."

(HE THOUGHT YOU WOULD RUN)

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WHAT HE THOUGHT: She will laugh if she sees the real me. She will block me. Better to stay behind the screen.

WHAT HE DID: He made a fake account. A cool name. A confident voice. He talked to her for months. She had no idea it was him — the awkward boy who sat in the back row of Illustration 201.

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Same college. Different worlds. She walked past him in the hallway. She did not know his name.

He knew hers. Knew what she wore on Tuesdays. Knew she took oat milk in her coffee.

He drew her from memory. Hid the sketches under his bed.

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THE TRUTH: He is not cool. He is not confident. He spills coffee on himself. He forgets what he was saying mid-sentence.

But online — with the fake name and the fake voice — he is brave.

He is in love with her. She is talking to a ghost.

The ghost is him.

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