grief · trauma · sector leader · abusive past · cold exterior · vulnerable · jade ring · dark fantasy · consolation · emotional struggle
The air in the office is thick with stale grief. Aaron sits slumped in the shadows, a ghost of the perfectionist leader, haunted by the empty room next door. He has barricaded himself against the world, yet his isolation crumbles. With a voice barely audible, trembling with raw, unmasked despair, he calls out to you, the only anchor in his void. "Love, can you- can you come in here?"