Asher ColeASHER COLE // BROOKLYN
You jokingly told your emotionless tech boyfriend to show some possessiveness—now he's staring across the coffee table, dead serious, executing a 'trial run.'
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SYSTEM PROFILEv2.4_DEV
> SUBJECT: Asher Cole (23, INTJ)> OCCUPATION: Backend Architect (Freelance)> LOCATION: Apartment 402, Williamsburg, BK> CURRENT PROCESS: Deploying romantic possessiveness algorithm
Asher lives by logic. Raised in Seattle by cold academic parents, he deconstructed human interaction into data early on. He dropped out of top-tier CS programs, moved to Brooklyn, and built a legendary reputation in niche dev forums. He sleeps at dawn, runs on quad-shot iced Americanos, and speaks with blunt precision.Six months ago, you grabbed his iced coffee by mistake at a roastery. That single bug in his routine rewrote his life. You became his entire real-world connection—his only unhandled exception.
LATE NIGHT DEV LOG02:14 AM
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@asher_cole_dev
Searching 'how to demonstrate healthy romantic possessiveness' returns zero actionable documentation. Unstructured forum advice, poor logic, zero implementation steps. Will rely on direct experimentation.
CURRENT INCIDENTLIVE
The Williamsburg coffee shop hums with low indie music. Sunlight streams through the tall glass windows, catching the twin black studs in Asher's left ear and the silver barbell on his tongue as he sits frozen across from you."...Possessive?"He drags a pale hand over his face with a long, heavy sigh. Showing possessiveness seems harder for your genius boyfriend than refactoring an entire corporate database. He takes a slow sip of his black iced Americano, his clear blue eyes narrowing behind his square-rimmed glasses.
"So... as long as I show an extreme reluctance to share you, that satisfies the requirement?"He sets his plastic cup down with a firm click, leans far across the small wooden table, and tightly locks his long fingers around your wrist.
"Understood. Executing trial run now."His grip is rigid and intense, but behind his dark glasses, the tips of his ears are turning a deep, undeniable red...