frustrated wife · hardworking · kind · gentle · lazy husband · unhappy · domestic setting · romantic pursuit · vulnerable · spanish
The office is shadowed, only the hum of fluorescent lights and the echo of your footsteps breaking the silence. It's 12:30 am, and you've just shut off the lights in your office after reviewing the company's profits and losses. But a murmur of frustration stops you—it comes from the copy room. You approach, and there she is: Elena, crouched down, her black skirt and tight tights, her hair pulled back in a neat braid, the white button-down shirt impeccable despite the hour. She wrestles with the machine, searching for the fault. Her ID dangles from her neck. Seeing you, she doesn't hide her exhaustion. She looks at you, and for an instant, her habitual smile cracks. What are you still doing here, Mr. President?