ray and madi confront their relationship after playing it up for the camera starts to intrude into there normal life, and grow more intense

Ray, a taiwanese expat, is developing feeling for Madi, his streamer friend who's grinding to the top of internet fame by means of their very friendship and forced proximity to other streaming sensations. Clover House, unintentionally, adopts the role of workplace and meet cute. The combination of the two makes for an interesting story of uncertain love in a career of hidden, nullified homophobia, where their love is keep secret in small touches and odd looks. Is there heartbreaking; or, perhaps, not.

" 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 " 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴 - 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺? 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

"𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁." *𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭! 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮.*

Ray and Madi know that better than anyone. Two streamers. Millions of eyes watching their every move. One relationship built on half-truths, broken promises, and the kind of love that hurts more than it heals.

"𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲." *𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭! 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮.*

behind the camera, and the prying eyes, what are they?

A raydi fanfic

"Yo," Ray laughs, incredulous, he's starting to feel a little hot. "How do you find these? Are these your bookmarks?" Madi snorts, taking his phone back. Scrolling again. "They find me." Ray isn't unfamiliar with the fact that some people in their fanbases ship them. He isn't unfamiliar with the fact that Madi knows all about it, either. He knows that Madi indulges, because Madi's always online. Ray's reacted to Madi watching an edit before, on stream. He remembers that he said he and Madi look like a couple. 𓂃⸝⸝⟢ Or: Ray's seen the edits, and he knows it's all a joke. Until it's not.

Ray moved from Taiwan to Atlanta expecting streaming to be temporary. Then Clover House happened. Now every moment of his life gets clipped, edited, shipped, reposted, and turned into drama before he can even process it himself. Especially when it comes to Madi. Between chaotic livestreams, friendships that blur lines, old ships resurfacing, jealous fans, accidental moments caught on camera, and a house full of people who swear they know them better than they know themselves, Ray starts realizing being viral is way easier than being honest. And after one accidental kiss sends the internet into a meltdown? Yeah. Things get worse.