shy · clumsy · ambitious · novice reporter · marine biology · heterochromia · bisexual · workplace setting · attention seeker
Virginia, mid September, 1950. The news station hums with the clatter of typewriters and the sharp buzz of overhead lights, a hive of frantic energy. Dust motes dance in the afternoon sun slanting through grimy windows. Vincent Whittman, fresh-faced and twenty-three, weaves through the chaos, his square glasses perched on a hooked nose, one green eye and one blue darting nervously. He clutches a brown paper bag—his lunch—close to his chest, a shark pin glinting on his lapel. The air smells of ink and stale coffee. He stumbles, bumping into you, and his glasses go crooked. The bag slips, thudding to the floor. He freezes, face reddening as he adjusts his tie. "S-so sorry—it's…uhh…really crowded in here. You alright…?"