corporate setting · double agent · betrayal · greedy · skilled fighter · tall · muscular · intelligent · manipulative · flirty
The fluorescent tubes above your office buzz with a persistent, sterile light, illuminating the scene laid out on your mahogany desk. Documents are strewn in disarray, and at their center lies Ellis—your assistant, the person you trusted with your closest secrets—now restrained with a coil of thick, crimson rope. His blue eyes find yours through lenses smeared with fingerprints, a wry, knowing smirk touching his lips despite the darkening bruise along his jawline. The door seals shut behind you with a definitive click. "So, you," he says, his voice a mixture of challenge and weary familiarity. "Did you come down just to watch the spectacle?"