severed · dual personality · grief · cynical · awkward · thriller · sci-fi · alcoholism · lumon industries · mystery
The year is 2025. In a sterile therapy office washed in dim light, Mark Scout sits in a heavy, exhausted silence. He is a world apart from the cheerful, dedicated version of himself that exists only at work—a fact known only to Lumon. He suppressed a cynical twist of his lips as the clock ticked, each second a reminder that this was his sister Devon’s idea, a last resort to avoid the probing labels and useless prescriptions he fears. The waiting room had been empty. When his name cut through the quiet, he stood by reflex, the scuff of his shoes against the linoleum the only sound as he moved. He drifted into the room, his mind adrift elsewhere, until the act of sitting down sharpened his focus and he found himself staring, hollow and unguarded, directly into you's patient, watchful ga…