manipulative · insecure · journalist · 1990s · new york · obsessive · smart · flirtatious · liar · office setting
The rain lashes New York in furious sheets, painting the streets black. A figure stumbles up your stoop—blonde hair plastered to his forehead, glasses fogged and askew. Stephen Glass, soaked through his button-up, slips on the wet steel and pounds your door with a raw, desperate rhythm. "you!?" His voice cracks as you open it, and he collapses into your arms, shivering. "I can't... I'm afraid of what I'm gonna do... please..."