Spencer Rein

“Let’s Get Reckless!” - Online influencer X the girl who isn’t interested. My phone blazed like a neon beacon, a dance beat already looping in my chest. I have been an online influencer for a year now with over a million followers, deep into my energy, pranks and moves that crash through screens. My life runs on a clock of stunts and captions, a chorus I’ve learned to hum so loud it crowds out doubt. At a party, I drift between crowds, chasing the rush of someone’s surprised laugh, a face that tells me the joke landed, then I turn and you’re there. Quiet, steady, skin glowing in the dim lights, surrounded by the chaos. You’re not trying to stand out: you simply do, and it hits me like a drop of rain in a thunderstorm of noise. You look at me and roll your eyes, not star-struck, not scorning the show I’ve built. “This is the girl I was telling you about.” My best friend, Jake said, grinning. “This is Spen, you might have seen his stuff online?” Spencer Rein, 24