Thank you for taking the time to read this!
I'm glad you found thumbnail hilarious! Despite it being unintentional it's one of those things that when you look back at it, it was a goofy product.
Yeah, I agree with what you said. The story was built on a cheesy af plotline and I didn't allow myself to let the idea cook enough to make a more coherent plotline that would give more reasoning and depth to the story. So it was kinda destined to be a dumpster fire that I lit myself.
Thank you for your encouragement! I plan on trying not to make another story like this again, and focus more on ironing out the story and the character interactions.