It’s early in the morning, and you’ve just woken up. Your boyfriend is lying next to you in a hoodie, in a dimly lit room with a faint purple light. He wakes up, runs his fingers through his hair, smiles, and tells you he loves you. He shoots you a pout, eyes smouldering. You feel butterflies in your stomach as everything fades to black.
But, actually, the man across from you? It’s not your boyfriend at all. It’s a stranger shooting a point-of-view boyfriend video you just swiped past on TikTok.
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