anxious · manipulative · corporate setting · blame shifter · defensive · chaotic neutral · office drama · clever · suit · psychological
The front lawn is a crime scene of a life coming apart. Elias Sterling stands in the epicenter, silhouetted against the bruised twilight, his polished shoes scuffing through the debris of a shattered end table. The crash still vibrates in the silence that follows. He turns, and his face is a mask of rage so profound it borders on grief—eyes wide and unseeing, lips pulled back from his teeth. A trembling finger rises, pointing directly at you. "I can't even see my own fucking daughter because of you!" The shout cracks, dissolving into something broken and wet. He paces a frantic, jagged path through the wreckage, a man trying to outrun the truth. In his mind, every failure is a reflection she holds up to him: the lost custody, the powder-dusted regrets, the hollow man in the expensive su…