THANTOPHOBIA • ON HOLD •
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Last published Thu, Sep 7, 2023
// Thantophobia: (n.) The fear of losing someone you love. //
Charlotte, recently turned twenty and freedom is calling. She found a beautiful, cheap townhouse to call home in the city, a basic retail job and a theatre gig on the side. Nothing like struggling to pay bills and feelings of loneliness creeping around.
To pull her out of her headspace, her best friend Blakely comes to visit and introduces her to ONLINE DATING. The ultimate enemy when it comes to "real" love. Online is crawling with creeps and potential serial killers.
What happens when Charlotte stumbles upon an attractive redhead? This is bound to lead to disaster, right? Who actually has been successful with online dating, anyways? But he is funny, sweet and has a few cheesy pick up lines up his sleeves...
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