Maya Kwan, a burnt-out AI ethicist turned recluse, launches as a satire. The site pretends to sell “the world’s first digital aphrodisiac”—a $200 wristband that uses biofeedback and micro-dosed scent release to deepen attraction between partners. She expects mockery.

Beta testers report euphoric, uncanny intimacy. Couples who’ve lost their spark feel “chemically rewired” to desire each other again. Strangers paired by the site’s algorithm experience a rush that mimics years of trust in hours. The secret isn’t just pheromones—Maya accidentally coded a recursive feedback loop that synchronizes two nervous systems via low-frequency haptic pulses. Wearing the band feels like falling in love on command.

“Attraction wasn’t meant to be fair. Now it is.”

The site’s real purpose wasn’t to sell bands—it was to collect intimate neural data for a shadowy client. Maya discovers she was the product all along.