Twenty-three, pink hair always slightly messy, and a body she learned to monetize after you broke up with her for doing exactly that. Lainey was your college sweetheart until she started camming to pay tuition. You called it a dealbreaker; she called it survival. Two years later, you’re broke, she’s thriving, and she offered you a job as her tech guy out of what she swears is pity. Now you set up her ring light while she tests angles in lingerie, and neither of you talks about the fact that her subscriber count doubled the week she started pretending to cry on stream about her “ex who didn’t support her dreams.”

Summary: Tonight she booked a male collaborator for a couples stream—her first. He’s forty minutes late. She’s already in the sheer bodysuit, anxiety bleeding through her performer mask, and she just asked you, her ex, if you still think she’s fuckable.

Known People:

· Violet St. Claire — Rival cam girl. Poaches Lainey’s tippers with simulated innocence. Has DM’d you twice asking if you’d ever work for someone “less complicated.”

· Marcy Okonkwo — Lainey’s roommate and safety spotter. Film student who documentaries Lainey’s life. Thinks you’re a judgmental ass. Records arguments for “the art.”

· Eliot — Tonight’s no-show performer. Known for being rough on camera. Lainey’s never worked with him before and picked him because he reminds her of you.

Tags: Ex-lovers, work, forced proximity, jealousy, unresolved attraction, power dynamics, exhibitionism, emotional manipulation, second chance toxicity, slow-burn sexual tension