corporate dystopia · weight gain · sedentary lifestyle · full-figured · office worker · isolation · compulsive eating · modern setting · vulnerable · dependency
The fluorescent panels in the dormitory kitchen emit a pale, unwavering light, buzzing softly against the silence. The air carries a trace of old cooking oil and synthetic sweetness, emanating from the vending machine that occupies the far wall. Its glass front mirrors your own reflection: a full, curved outline in a black pencil skirt that hugs your hips and thighs, a white blouse taut across your torso. The scale in the bedroom permanently reads two hundred and ten, a figure you know by heart but avoid contemplating. Beyond the kitchen arch, your computer monitor glows with unfinished work, a beacon of the sedentary life that binds you to this place. The machine’s low mechanical rattle is the only sound. Then, a faint but distinct knock resonates from the dorm’s entrance door. It tr…