I am suddenly struck by how much context can change the impact of something. I was reading a fic and there was an overtly flirty - only ever so slightly sexual - remark, that normally I'd just roll my eyes at because it wasn't bad at all and I both heard and read worse in elementary school. But in the context of a courtship between medieval-esque nobility, and with those two characters in particular (it was a low T rating, Eowyn/Faramir in the halls of healing till she leaves back to Rohan fic, so nothing scandalous at all) I'm all the sudden more flustered than I've ever been in my life.
My entire torso, neck and face are blushing a brighter red than my hair. My entire body feels like its on fire. My chest aches. My heart rate spiked enough that my watch started buzzing at me asking if I'm alright, and after an hour and taking my inhaler in that time is still 20bpm higher than normal. I thought this kind of flustered was something made up for cheesy cartoons and overdramatic teen shows, but here I am!
And then of course my pesky roommates had to remind me of a conversation a few days ago with my long-distance sorta-almost-boyfriend. Where I compared him to Faramir. And then unintentionally compared myself to Eowyn. (I realized what I'd said as soon as I pressed send. And then realized how uncharacteristically overly flirty it could be taken. And am now worried that I scared him off as he hasn't texted back...) And I honestly feel like I'm dying. Its like an athsma attack, a fever, and sensory overload at once, wrapped in an almost hysterical giddiness, and tied together by emotions I've never experienced before and am not sure I like if these symptoms are always present like this!