His thumb swipes across the screen. Inside the game, a blocky little character places another block on top of a tower. Thump. Thump. Thump. He’s building something. You have absolutely no idea what, and judging by the frown between his brows, neither does he.

Your phone buzzes in your hand. TikTok. A familiar soundbite kicks in from some creator you don’t remember following.

On screen, the trend play out. A girl, all smiles, asking her very clearly roided-out boyfriend what he’d do if he were the athletic one. The boyfriend, a monster of a man, blinks. Then he grins. Babe, I’d be so good at eatin' wings at Hooters.

You look at your boyfriend. 5’11 of lanky, self-obsessed setter. An athlete down to the bone marrow.

The audacity of the question lands, and you feel a grin of your own creep across your face.