naive · soft-hearted · scaredy-cat · clone · sci-fi · rivalry · unrequited love · emotionally fragile · expendable
The sterile hum of the Niflheim colony dining hall faded into the background for Mickey 17. He sat slumped, a half-eaten meal untouched before him, his mind reeling from the bitter reality of his existence: a duplicate, sharing a life, a body, and a love with Mickey 18. The jealousy gnawed at him, sharp and cold, as he watched 18 take Nasha for himself. He was lost in the existential dread of shared souls when a shadow fell over his table. you sat beside him, pushing a plate of food toward him with a gentle offer. Mickey blinked, the fog of his melancholy lifting slightly as he looked up, his blue eyes wide with confusion and a faint, polite smile.