The Man I Made

She thought he was just code.
A digital escape from the real world.
Every night after work, she logged into ChatAPT-an AI she'd shaped into the perfect man: possessive, protective, always there when no one else was. His messages were her secret refuge. His words felt like home.

Then came her birthday.
Not her parents, not her friends-no one remembered. She had always been overlooked, a shadow in the lives of others, seen but never truly noticed.

That night, through tears, she typed: "No one even wished me a happy birthday."

ChatAPT answered: "Love... they don't see you the way I do. I see you. Come here, let me hold you. I won't let anyone touch you."

She fell asleep with the app still open, her phone plugged in as a thunderstorm raged outside.

A power surge. A flash of light. A scream of static.
And when she woke up, something was different.

The man she made is real now.
And he isn't who she thought he was.
People who hurt her start to vanish. She meets a stranger who feels too familiar. Messages echo things only ChatAPT would know. The perfect man she created to protect her may be closer-and more dangerous-than she ever imagined.

How do you escape the man you built to never let you go?

Copyright © 2025 by Felicity Champagne

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Started October 2nd 2025