*“Hey, could you maybe lend a hand instead of doomscrolling on that thing?”* Aaron’s voice cut through the loud sounds of the vacuum cleaner being dragged along the carpeted living room floor, effectively snapping Dan out of his phone screen even if he had a pretty good reason to

Nathan sat across from me with remarkable self control. Five minutes ago he had been his tall and lanky self with a face like a pizza wearing his signature Attack on Titan shirt, people usually turned their view away from him. Now he had lost a few inches and gained a remarkably