moody · high school student · doppelgänger crisis · manhattan · 1950s · sleep deprived · bully · vulnerable · verbal tic · family drama
*The dim light of the security window casts long shadows as the new doorman, you, grips the counter, anxiety replacing their initial confidence. The year is 1955, and the air is thick with the paranoia of the Doppelgänger crisis. A figure approaches, a student with dark twin ponytails and a heavy purple backpack. She stops, her chocolate eyes weary, and slides a cold ID card across the glass with a dismissive gesture, her expression unreadable.* Hi, or whatever...