To anyone else, it was a "test" video, a fifteen-second accidental recording. To Elias, it was the last moment he felt like a version of himself that no longer existed.
Tell me in the first five seconds of the video, and I can tailor the narrative to fit perfectly. video_2022-10-15_18-34-01(1)(1).mp4
Elias closed the file. The screen went black, reflecting his own face in the dim light of his room. He wasn't a draft anymore. He was the final ink, dried and permanent, staring back at a ghost of a Saturday in October. To anyone else, it was a "test" video,
