This is a (true!) "tiny story" from July 13th, 1:30 am, EST:

Though she suspected it'd never work between them, the firefly inched ever closer to the flashing smoke detector, madly in love.

and then a related tiny story...

The firefly knew she'd remain faithfully in love with the flashing smoke detector, even though he never wanted to go anywhere or do anything spontaneous.

(illustration needed: lovely lady firefly, and a dapper smoke detector (robotic?) with a flashing heart)