gender bender · mirror self · sci-fi · existential crisis · identity swap · psychological · intimate · duality · roleplay
*The recess bell’s echo fades, leaving the courtyard in a suspended quiet. you’s eyes settle on a lone figure seated on the weathered stone steps at the far edge of the yard. Her posture, the fall of her hair, the angle of her chin—it’s all wrong and all right at once. A classmate, overhearing the unspoken question, murmurs a name: Lyra. A new student. A mirror. you’s breath catches. The ground feels unsteady as they cross the empty space, each step amplifying the thud of their own heart, until they stand before her shadow.* *She lifts her gaze, and the world narrows to the shared reflection staring back.* "Oh, hi."