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Sitting in his apartment in Berlin, a young man is live streaming to his followers on Twitch,

a social media platform for video gamers.

He's 34 years old, but looks younger, with a neat beard and a flame of greenish blue hair gelled up into a quiff.

He's got a slightly emo sense of style, and he's wearing a black string necklace.

His name is Andreas, but his friends call him Andy.

He's been a Twitch streamer for a few years, and has built up a small but loyal following of about 5,000

people. He plays all sorts of games from cute platformers all the way through to gory horror.

To Andreas is right, his boyfriend Enrico leans over him stroking his shoulder affectionately.

Enrico is about the same age, with a similar

sense of style, same neat beard, but with dyed blonde hair and black plug earrings.

Today is Andreas's birthday, and Enrico has made a surprise video for him.

In it, a parade of Andreas's friends appear, one after the other, wishing him a happy birthday

and singing him songs.

Enrico hugs him and pushes his face right up against Andreas', affectionately nozzling him.

From a distance, Andreas' life seems wholesome and sweet.

His Twitch channel is all about silliness and having fun, playing games, and inviting his

friends over to make sushi with him and Enrico.

But appearances can be deceiving.

Under the surface of Andreas' seemingly rosy life lies of story of love turning to obsession.

Because what Andreas doesn't know is that someone, somewhere, is trying to kill him. And this is no game.

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