Between Shadows- Sleep Token Fanfic
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Iris is a young barista who works in a music coffee shop with her friend.
At the same time, she is trying to overcome the nightmares she has been having for the last few months that are not letting her sleep.
Is there anyone able to help her?
please bear with the story as I write it and I'm sorry for any mistakes whether in terms of vocabulary or grammar since I'm not a native English speaker :)
Also, disclaimer, I don't know the real people behind the masks of Sleep Token so any description or name used to describe them without the mask and paint are not real. (With the exception of certain obvious characteristics like height)
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