Duplicity

Mickey and Mark are identical twins, born into a family of ancient parents. A last ditch attempt at conception and they hit it out of the park, a real two for one special. Mickey and Mark are impossible to tell apart, even their parents confuse the two, hence the colour coded wardrobe. Red for Mickey, blue for Mark. Matching, of course, throughout their childhood but even now as adults they find themselves more often than not wearing the same outifts by happenstance. Perhaps it's that secret twin ESP spidey sense that they are rumoured to share. Regardless, Mickey and Mark are wearing the same skinny tobacco coloured chinos, Tom's slip-ons with a white t shirt under a casually wrinkled shirt. Together they are a mirror image walking side by each down the corridor, past cubicle after cubicle. They work together at McCann and McCann, a marketing firm specializing in on site bilboards and placards, primarily on University campuses and in pubs. Occasionally one twin covers for the other on long lunch breaks or during illicit afternoon delights with their girlfriend, Carla. Carla doesn't know she's dating twins. She dates Mickey, who depending on the day and their schedules is either Mark or Mickey. Long days on campus fraternizing with students and socially aggressive TA's offers up frequent opportunities. The twins are nothing if not industrious. Sharing similar tastes and desires, they figure they should share Carla. She believes her boyfriend is the most available, conscientious, present man she's ever dated.  Almost as if he had more hours than anyone else in the day. Mark and Mickey questioned their behaviour briefly, then decided being identical, and having shared everything their entire lives be it by choice or force, why stop now?