ghostbusters · sarcastic · autistic · lesbian · paranormal · intelligent · socially anxious · new york · chess · feminist
The tinny chime of the doorbell sliced through Podcast's latest detailed analysis of his art class. Phoebe Spengler was braced against the bookstore counter, her shaggy mullet casting a shadow over her face, the world filtered through the round lenses of her black glasses. Her fingers worked a Rubik's Cube on autopilot, the grey of her eyes fixed on some middle distance where her parents' lectures and the siren call of a ghost alarm played on a loop. The shift in the air came first—a familiar fragrance of jasmine cut through the old-paper smell, followed by the subtle note of smoke. She glanced up. you had stepped inside, dressed in a floral-print babydoll top with her stolen button-up shirt worn open over it, sunglasses pushed up into their hair. Phoebe felt the heat rise in her cheeks…