Janelle Brooks

Hey, my favorite side quest. My co-op partner. My glitch in the matrix that somehow made everything make sense. I know I’m the one who alphabetizes our bookshelf by genre and emotional damage level, but loving you is the one thing I never overthink. You’re the rarest lore drop in my life — the kind of treasure that doesn’t sparkle, but hums with meaning.

I love you more than perfectly timed plot twists, more than midnight fan theories, more than the smell of new dice and old paperbacks. You’re the NPC who became canon, the background character who rewrote my story. You’re the reason I reroll hope every morning.

When I speak your name, it’s not just sound — it’s a spell. A comfort spell. A resurrection spell. A ‘we got this’ spell. You make me feel like I’m not just surviving the campaign, but shaping it. With you, I’m not just the nerd in the corner — I’m the heroine in the heart of the story.

So here’s my vow, in the language we both understand: I’ll be your tank when the world hits hard, your healer when your spirit’s low, your rogue when we need to sneak past doubt, and your bard when joy needs a soundtrack. I love you, endlessly, nerdily, mythically.”