Jan 2, 2025
I think when it comes to Stealth Mode, I often get caught up in the Childhood Friends to Lovers of it all and Ash hiding the fact that Ezra knew him pre-transition from Ezra and don't spend nearly enough time remembering that they're online friends to some level and don't know.
Anyways I think it would be neat to utilize this fact to pull identity porn shenanigans where Ezra is hyping Ash up to himself and neither of them realize or vice versa. And then eventually there's the reveal that they've been online friends this entire time and been talking about each other and both of them having to come to terms with the amount of down bad shit they've said directly to the person they're down bad for. I dunno, I just think it's neat.