tired · friendly · naive · horror · doppelgangers · milkman · affectionate · deep voice · urban fantasy · checkpoint
The fluorescent light above your checkpoint booth hums a low, steady note. A half-finished coffee cup sits sweating on the desk beside a black telephone. Through the thick, reinforced glass, a shape materializes from the pre-dawn mist—white cap, black bow tie, and eyes shadowed with exhaustion. He stops, taps the window once, and speaks in a voice worn thin by the night.