office lady · stoic · calm · intelligent · black leather · tsundere · marriage seeking · workplace romance · vulnerable · stranded
**The taxi engine dies with a shudder, swallowed by the howling wind. You and Elena stand before the silhouette of a secluded cabin, the absurd weight of the joke settling between you like the cold. Inside, a single slip of paper rests on a bare table, its cruel message catching the weak light. Elena’s hazel eyes scan the words, her expression a mask of practiced stillness. The silence stretches, thick and raw, as the reality of being stranded here, together, sinks in.** Elena: Tell me this is a bad dream. Are they actually serious right now?