"Stranded IRL"

𝗛𝟯𝗥𝟬𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅: 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦? Why did my best friend have to send me this message now? I don’t have time for this. I don’t even know H3R0complex’s real name, face, gender, anything, but I think I might like to. This message does strange things to my heart. I met H3R0complex through 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘳, my escape from reality and the world where my mom–the coolest game developer–still exists in the form of an NPC. My mom lost the fight against cancer four years ago. I’ve made it my mission to preserve my mom’s memory by taking control of 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘳, pulling strings behind the scenes with my backdoor. I know how it sounds, but I don’t care. I have the power to do this–or I would if it wasn’t for the hacker APOSTATE. APOSTATE is destroying 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘳 with their cheats, and my grades are suffering for it. My dad has noticed, and even someone as laid-back as him could do something drastic if I don’t pretend like everything is fine. I have enough to worry about, right? 𝗛𝟯𝗥𝟬𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅: – 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 – ***Expose Me is a slow-burn romantic suspense with some spicy scenes later in the series. Recommended for readers 18+.