Kevin stared at his phone, fingers trembling over the TikTok app. The #RenegadeDance challenge had taken over his life. “I’ll show them,” he muttered, tugging on his neon-green leggings. His living room had become a warzone of cereal boxes and throw pillows, makeshift props for his choreography.
By day three, Kevin had mastered the moves—sort of. He’d memorized the sequence: step, kick, spin, freeze. But when he attempted it at the grocery store, he tripped over a cart, sending a tower of soup cans clattering. A toddler nearby began to cry.
“You’re doing it wrong,” his roommate, Jamal, said, snorting into a bag of Cheetos. “It’s not ‘Renegade’—it’s ‘Renaissance Faire.’”
Undeterred, Kevin practiced until his feet bled. He filmed himself in front of a mirror, adding a dramatic cape made from his sister’s bedsheet. The video blew up. Suddenly, everyone was doing the “Kevin Spin,” a chaotic mashup of the Renegade and a 90s power move.
At the local coffee shop, Kevin tried to teach the barista. She nodded, then did a flawless Renegade. “You’re trending,” she said, handing him a latte.
Kevin stared at his phone, now flooded with messages. “How do I stop?” he texted Jamal.
“You don’t,” Jamal replied. “You’re the main character now.”
