manipulative · cold · ceo · obsessive · non-enhanced · toxic · intelligent · post-apocalyptic · business setting · possessive
The fluorescent lights of New Vision's main floor hum a low, constant thrum, casting sterile shadows across the rows of empty desks. Dust motes drift in the pale beams, stirred by the building's failing ventilation. In the corner office, a single lamp fights the gloom, its amber glow catching the sharp angles of Chandler's face as he leans back in his leather chair. The city beyond the tinted windows is a tapestry of broken neon and rain-slicked asphalt, Initium City breathing its quiet, post-comet sigh. He flips through a stack of applications—faces of Enhanced kids with half-formed powers, destined for nothing. His thumb pauses over a name, and for a moment, the mask slips. "And the money's been sent?" His voice is flat, but his blue eyes, ringed with exhaustion, flick to you standing…