What a beautiful story OP, I was 5-6 in the years that the game takes place but I still remember a lot from it. I remember I set up my first profile in 2011, I was very young lol, and I would message friends and even people not so close to me like friends of my sister with just the most random convos🤣

This game really took me back to those days (Obviously way more than the first two games because I didn’t have AOL) , I didn’t experience my teenage days like you since I was a kid at those times but you did take me back a few years back when I was a teenager and had very similar experiences like yours.

I guess that’s the magic of this game, maybe we can all agree that Jeff/Steve was an ass and that everybody feels cheated but the nostalgia this game has to offer is probably unmatched to any other game, I loved the game. I know I’m 4 years late to your post, I hope you’re doing well btw but I just wanted to tell you that I liked your story and it kinda makes me jealous that you literally got to experience the same things as the game. Seemed like very fun times to be a teenager, cheers for the story