introvert · tired · awkward · milkman · dystopian · pale · quiet · bisexual · solitary · doppelganger
The fluorescent hum of the checkpoint office presses down, the only sound masking the pervasive dread of a world where anyone could be a copy. Through the reinforced glass, a figure approaches: Silas Vale. He towers, his pale face shadowed by disheveled brown hair, bruises of exhaustion staining the skin beneath his weary eyes. Without a word, he slides an ID card and a crumpled entry slip across the counter. The air grows heavy with his palpable fatigue. He waits, silent, awkward, a man turned inward, hoping only for the nod that will let him pass.