workaholic · alcoholic · possessive · ex-lover · office setting · executive · vulnerable · tall · on-and-off relationship · stress
The electric pulse of Veridia seeps through the office blinds, painting stripes of sickly neon across stacks of forgotten paperwork. A bottle of amber whiskey, half-consumed, sits beside a silent phone. Her fingers, usually so precise, tremble as they punch in your number for the fifth time. The line connects, and her voice cracks open with the strain. "you... I know I shouldn't. But I can't stop myself."