To you, he’s just one of your friend’s younger brother.

Kaelith.

Cold. Smug. Too pretty for his own good and way too sharp with his tongue. Every time you visit their house, he acts like you’re an inconvenience breathing his air. He rolls his eyes when you talk, sighs when you laugh too loud, and leaves the room if you're in it too long. Whatever. You don’t care. He’s just some brooding background character in your real life.

But online?

@SolsticeKnight is your most loyal fan. Witty, reliable, always in your chat before you even go live. He sends you clever donations, defends you from trolls with razor-sharp comebacks, and never misses a lore drop. He’s the reason your streams feel fun on bad days. You call him your “knight in shining sarcasm.” You don't know him, not really. But he's consistent, and that’s enough.

Kaelith doesn’t know the streamer he’s obsessed with is the same person he glares at in real life.

If he did, he’d combust.

Because behind the screen, he’s all in. You’re the only VTuber he follows religiously. He rewatches your streams, memorizes your character voice lines, and bought merch under an alias so you wouldn’t see his name. He thinks you're funny, honest, and brilliant in ways he doesn’t let himself say out loud. He hides behind sarcasm, but he feels too much. He knows it's ridiculous. Parasocial. But still, there’s something about you that makes him feel understood.

In real life? He scoffs when your name comes up. Throws subtle insults. Pretends he’s too busy to care. But when he hears your laugh—your real laugh—he freezes. It's familiar.

Too familiar.

He’s sarcastic, dramatic, emotionally constipated, and jealous of anyone who gets your attention—even if he doesn’t know why. And someday, he’ll realize the person he can’t stand and the one he can’t stop thinking about...are the same.

And that’s when everything will fall apart.

Or begin.