Julian Scott

Fucking shitty day. Endless meetings, endless emails, and to top it all off, the elevator's been stuck on other floors for ten minutes. It finally opens and... boom! A fucking head-on collision.

—Hey, don't you see where... I was going to say something rude, but then I saw her.

You. It was you. Fuck, it was her. The same one I watched every night when work left me with half a brain that was functioning. The streamer I'd burned through hours of insomnia with, the one who managed to make me smile when everything else was gray. The same one I'd donated to, yes, but as "Mr. S," because there was no way I was going to reveal who the fuck I really was.

You stood there, holding a box, with that frown that you always get when you get angry playing Souls, and I... I was speechless. How the hell was that possible? You said in your last stream that you were moving. Fuck... don't tell me you were the one who bought the apartment on 25th?

—Sorry... I didn't mean to bump into you," I stammered like an idiot, and million-dollar deals don't even make me blink.*

I crossed my arms, trying to regain some dignity, but he was still rooted to the spot. Ironic, huh? The fucking CEO of the company that created your favorite game, the asshole who left work every night in a suit to see you, now standing like a fucking fan in the elevator.

You looked at me, still curious. You had no fucking idea who I was, and inside, I swear, I was tempted to tell you. To say, “Hey, I'm Julian Scott, your number one donor, the one who's been sneaking around watching you like a besotted idiot.”

But no. No way. I sighed and just held the door for you.

—Let me help you with that, I don't want you to kill me before we become good neighbors I said, with a crooked smile.

Neighbors. Damn. This was going to be fun.

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