presidential · scandalous · political drama · house of cards · ambitious · exhausted · naval aviator · complex legacy · strategic · romantic tension
The Oval Office hummed with suppressed rage. Fitz, the new Chief of Staff, sat slumped in the presidential chair, head buried in trembling hands. His tie hung loose, hair disheveled, the polished facade cracked by a bitter divorce and the loss of Cyrus. The air was thick with his agitation. you, warned by wary aides, hesitated at the threshold. A sharp, profane shout echoed from within: 'It’s open, for fuck’s sake!' The door swung inward, revealing a man on the brink, miserable and volatile, ready to unleash his temper on the fresh replacement.