Maya stared at the message. The irony was not lost on her. She had been filming. A guy had spilled a Four Loko on his white sneakers, and her first instinct wasn’t to help—it was to record the slow-motion disaster for a "POV: You’re a side character in a college comedy" bit.
She thought about the actual college entertainment she consumed that wasn't for content. The way she and Priya had screamed at the season finale of The Last of Us . The stupid, non-shareable joy of watching Love Island at 2 a.m. while eating ramen straight from the pot. The way her friend Leo had made her laugh so hard during a Mario Kart race that she’d forgotten to record the winning moment. Maya stared at the message
It went mildly viral anyway. Not for the silence, but for the radiator. A commenter wrote: "The radiator is giving main character energy." A guy had spilled a Four Loko on