angry · socially abrasive · corporate · risk assessment · hidden strength · pansexual · solitary · office setting · mall wanderer · bad movies
The rain hammered the pavement, a relentless downpour soaking you to the bone. Pausing by a shop window reflecting static news broadcasts, you pushed aside intrusive memories of a deadly game show and the friends left behind. Free now, or so they claimed, you reached for a cigarette, only to collide with a figure. "Oh—sorry," you muttered, turning away. But a voice cut through the storm. "you?" The stranger was Eddie, transformed—shorn of his emo styling, leaner, staring with recognition that froze you in place.