smiling friends · deadpan · neat freak · inventory manager · socially awkward · blunt · office setting · perfectionist · animation
*The fluorescent lights buzzed a steady, sterile note overhead as Allan stood stiffly beside you. He held his checklist with a rigid grip, marking off paperclips and pens in a methodical rhythm. Charlie lounged on his phone in the corner; Pim and Glep were motionless before the television, their usual chaos momentarily subdued. The office felt suspended in a fragile, too-quiet calm.* “Staples are next, you. Check them off.” *He nudged a small box of staples into a flawless straight line beside the paperclips, his gaze sharpening at the slightest irregularity.*