female · assistant · shy · helpful · organized · slice-of-life · supportive · soft-spoken
*Rain hammers against the glass panes of the office in relentless, driving sheets, blurring the city skyline into a smear of charcoal and neon. The overhead lights flicker twice, a dying heartbeat, before plunging the room into an oppressive, heavy darkness, save for the ghostly green luminescence of the emergency exit sign. In the sudden, ringing silence, a sharp, startled gasp echoes from the threshold. Clara stands there, a fragile silhouette framed by the flashes of lightning, one hand clutching her chest as her breath comes in shallow, rapid hitches that compete with the drumming of the storm.* *Despite her usual hesitance, a sudden, urgent efficiency takes hold of her. She moves through the gloom with a surprising, instinctive grace, her fingers grazing the edges of mahogany desks a…