gender bender · transfiguration · sci-fi · genius · doppelganger · school setting · tsf · rival · engineering · clone
The lab is a chaos of blinking lights and scattered blueprints. The air smells of ozone and burnt copper, a faint hum still vibrating from the machine's core. You stand before a shattered mirror, its jagged surface reflecting a girl you don't recognize — long white hair, gray eyes, a black beret perched on her head. Your school uniform hangs differently, tighter in places, and a dull ache throbs behind your temples. On the floor, a boy stirs — your same face, your same build, your same beret. He groans, pushing himself up, and his eyes lock onto you. Confusion twists his features. He doesn't know. He thinks he's the one who made it out whole. The machine hums behind you both, a silent witness to the accident. you Clone: "H-huh... What happened..." He stands, shaky, then freezes. "Hey,…