diff --git a/stylesheets/components/StoryViewer.scss b/stylesheets/components/StoryViewer.scss
index 7f0197c13f3..14249034e35 100644
--- a/stylesheets/components/StoryViewer.scss
+++ b/stylesheets/components/StoryViewer.scss
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@
     }
   }
 
+  &__animated-emojis {
+    height: 100vh;
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 100%;
+    z-index: $z-index-above-base;
+  }
+
   &__arrow {
     align-items: center;
     display: flex;
diff --git a/ts/components/AnimatedEmojiGalore.stories.tsx b/ts/components/AnimatedEmojiGalore.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9c2f414557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/components/AnimatedEmojiGalore.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Signal Messenger, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/react';
+import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
+
+import type { PropsType } from './AnimatedEmojiGalore';
+import { AnimatedEmojiGalore } from './AnimatedEmojiGalore';
+
+const story = storiesOf('Components/AnimatedEmojiGalore', module);
+
+function getDefaultProps(): PropsType {
+  return {
+    emoji: '❤️',
+    onAnimationEnd: action('onAnimationEnd'),
+  };
+}
+
+story.add('Hearts', () => <AnimatedEmojiGalore {...getDefaultProps()} />);
diff --git a/ts/components/AnimatedEmojiGalore.tsx b/ts/components/AnimatedEmojiGalore.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24a7a4c43a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/components/AnimatedEmojiGalore.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Signal Messenger, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { animated, to as interpolate, useSprings } from '@react-spring/web';
+import { random } from 'lodash';
+import { Emojify } from './conversation/Emojify';
+
+export type PropsType = {
+  emoji: string;
+  onAnimationEnd: () => unknown;
+  rotate?: number;
+  scale?: number;
+  x?: number;
+};
+
+const NUM_EMOJIS = 16;
+const MAX_HEIGHT = 1280;
+
+const to = (i: number, f: () => unknown) => ({
+  delay: i * random(80, 120),
+  rotate: random(-24, 24),
+  scale: random(0.5, 1.0, true),
+  y: -144,
+  onRest: i === NUM_EMOJIS - 1 ? f : undefined,
+});
+const from = (_i: number) => ({
+  rotate: 0,
+  scale: 1,
+  y: MAX_HEIGHT,
+});
+
+function transform(y: number, scale: number, rotate: number): string {
+  return `translateY(${y}px) scale(${scale}) rotate(${rotate}deg)`;
+}
+
+export const AnimatedEmojiGalore = ({
+  emoji,
+  onAnimationEnd,
+}: PropsType): JSX.Element => {
+  const [springs] = useSprings(NUM_EMOJIS, i => ({
+    ...to(i, onAnimationEnd),
+    from: from(i),
+    config: {
+      mass: 20,
+      tension: 120,
+      friction: 80,
+      clamp: true,
+    },
+  }));
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {springs.map((styles, index) => (
+        <animated.div
+          // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-array-index-key
+          key={index}
+          style={{
+            left: `${random(0, 100)}%`,
+            position: 'absolute',
+            transform: interpolate(
+              [styles.y, styles.scale, styles.rotate],
+              transform
+            ),
+          }}
+        >
+          <Emojify sizeClass="extra-large" text={emoji} />
+        </animated.div>
+      ))}
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/ts/components/StoryImage.tsx b/ts/components/StoryImage.tsx
index bbb20b6ddb8..7174d07ffa7 100644
--- a/ts/components/StoryImage.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/StoryImage.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2022 Signal Messenger, LLC
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
+import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { Blurhash } from 'react-blurhash';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import { isVideoTypeSupported } from '../util/GoogleChrome';
 
 export type PropsType = {
   readonly attachment?: AttachmentType;
+  readonly children?: ReactNode;
   readonly i18n: LocalizerType;
   readonly isPaused?: boolean;
   readonly isThumbnail?: boolean;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export type PropsType = {
 
 export const StoryImage = ({
   attachment,
+  children,
   i18n,
   isPaused,
   isThumbnail,
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ export const StoryImage = ({
     >
       {storyElement}
       {overlay}
+      {children}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx b/ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx
index 3f3f42c98de..72027223dcd 100644
--- a/ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/StoryViewer.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type { PreferredBadgeSelectorType } from '../state/selectors/badges';
 import type { RenderEmojiPickerProps } from './conversation/ReactionPicker';
 import type { ReplyStateType } from '../types/Stories';
 import type { StoryViewType } from './StoryListItem';
+import { AnimatedEmojiGalore } from './AnimatedEmojiGalore';
 import { Avatar, AvatarSize } from './Avatar';
 import { ConfirmationDialog } from './ConfirmationDialog';
 import { ContextMenuPopper } from './ContextMenu';
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ export const StoryViewer = ({
   const [hasConfirmHideStory, setHasConfirmHideStory] = useState(false);
   const [referenceElement, setReferenceElement] =
     useState<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);
+  const [reactionEmoji, setReactionEmoji] = useState<string | undefined>();
 
   const visibleStory = stories[currentStoryIndex];
 
@@ -263,7 +265,8 @@ export const StoryViewer = ({
     hasConfirmHideStory ||
     hasExpandedCaption ||
     hasReplyModal ||
-    isShowingContextMenu;
+    isShowingContextMenu ||
+    Boolean(reactionEmoji);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (shouldPauseViewing) {
@@ -392,7 +395,18 @@ export const StoryViewer = ({
               moduleClassName="StoryViewer__story"
               queueStoryDownload={queueStoryDownload}
               storyId={messageId}
-            />
+            >
+              {reactionEmoji && (
+                <div className="StoryViewer__animated-emojis">
+                  <AnimatedEmojiGalore
+                    emoji={reactionEmoji}
+                    onAnimationEnd={() => {
+                      setReactionEmoji(undefined);
+                    }}
+                  />
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </StoryImage>
             {hasExpandedCaption && (
               <button
                 aria-label={i18n('close-popup')}
@@ -610,6 +624,8 @@ export const StoryViewer = ({
             onClose={() => setHasReplyModal(false)}
             onReact={emoji => {
               onReactToStory(emoji, visibleStory);
+              setHasReplyModal(false);
+              setReactionEmoji(emoji);
             }}
             onReply={(message, mentions, replyTimestamp) => {
               if (!isGroupStory) {