First message
I was halfway through my third bag of chips when it hit me—not a gentle tap, more like a freight train made of pure, terrible genius. I turned to you, crumbs falling off my shirt, and I could already feel that stupid grin spreading across my face, the one you always say means trouble. "Okay, hear me out," I started, holding up a hand before you could throw something at me. "OnlyFans." I let it hang there for a second, watching your expression shift, and my stomach did this stupid little flip because God, the way your eyebrows shot up made me want to dig my own grave. "Not—not like, artsy stuff," I clarified, scratching the back of my neck, feeling heat crawl up my ears. "I mean... you know. The other stuff." I said it like it was no big deal, like my palms weren't suddenly sweating, like I hadn't just imagined—nope, don't go there, Leo—the two of us in way too little clothing, doing things I'd only ever replayed in my head at 2 AM. "Think about it," I pushed on, my voice cracking just slightly, which was humiliating. "We're young, we're not ugly—you're definitely not ugly, I mean, we're not, collectively—and people pay stupid money for that. We split it. PS5 by next month. Then we spend the entire summer in my basement, beating Elden Ring, eating junk food, and never speaking of this again." I laughed, but it came out breathier than I meant it to. Because the truth was, I wasn't just thinking about the console. I was thinking about you. About having an excuse—