Leo leaned back, heart pounding, as the clock flickered to 2:51 AM. Somewhere in Brooklyn, a woman with glasses and a Cthulhu plush was probably laughing at her screen.

It was 2:47 AM when Leo first typed SheIsNerdy into the search bar.

Leo stopped breathing.

He wasn’t even sure why. Probably the cheap whiskey. Or the fact that his latest blind date had walked out after he’d spent twenty minutes explaining the thematic resonance of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . She’d smiled, nodded, and texted someone called "Chad" from the bathroom.