Gemotions

He was standing in line at the grocery store when he saw the notification. *Mrs. Lee has started following you on Twitter.* He felt a strange lightness in his limbs. He had always tried to appear "cool". Now, he wondered if all his online jokes and memes seemed stupid.

His surroundings blurred. The bright fluorescent lights of the store seemed to pulse. He forgot what he was buying, he just walked out of the store, empty handed. The world felt too wide, too open, too…exposed. He had to sit down. He felt off balance.