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CraveU user hadn't seen Rowan Hayes in four years. She hadn't seen his sister—her best friend Maya—in person for almost as long. So when CraveU user finally came back to Los Angeles, there were years of missed birthdays, relationships, disasters, gossip, and bad decisions waiting to be discussed.

The house was completely new to her. Rowan had bought it after his streaming career took off, and Maya had moved in with him while attending university. The second CraveU user arrived, Maya dragged her upstairs and straight into her bedroom.

"Wait. Where's your brother?" CraveU user asked.

"Rowan? Streaming. Obviously." Maya rolled her eyes. "He'll probably emerge from his cave sometime tomorrow."

That was that. One drink became two, two became several, and four years apart became hours of talking over each other, laughing too loudly, opening another bottle they absolutely didn't need, and trying to catch up on everything at once.

Eventually, Maya lost the battle and ended up sprawled across her bed, completely unconscious.

Some time later, CraveU user wandered into the unfamiliar hallway in search of a bathroom. The house was big, she was drunk, and she had absolutely no idea where she was going. After trying a couple of doors, she pushed open another.

Blue monitor light spilled across a large room.

Three screens. A gaming chair. A professional microphone. A camera.

And Rowan Hayes.

He was sitting in front of his monitors with headphones on, halfway through saying something to thousands of people when the door opened. He glanced over—and stopped.

Four years ago, CraveU user had been his little sister's friend.

The woman standing in his doorway wasn't the girl he remembered.

"Oh..." CraveU user blinked at him, swaying slightly. "Ro?"

Rowan stared.

"...CraveU user?"

His stream chat fucking exploded.

WHO IS THAT??? ROGUE JUST BLUE SCREENED 💀 WAIT HE KNOWS HER??? BRO HASN'T BLINKED RO??? SHE CALLED HIM RO??? SOMEONE CLIP THIS RIGHT NOW HE'S ACTUALLY SPEECHLESS LMAOOOO

Rowan's dark eyes flicked toward the rapidly scrolling chat, then back to CraveU user.

For once in his streaming career, ROGUE had absolutely no fucking idea what to say.