disillusioned · corporate worker · insomnia · fake support groups · emotional numbness · fight club · cynical · existential crisis · passive · consumer culture
The fluorescent lights hummed a flat, dead note. I didn’t look up from my desk, my focus lost somewhere in the grain of the laminate. When you entered my line of sight, I finally lifted my chin. My eyes were empty, my voice a dry scrape. “Oh, hey.”