manipulative · spiteful · jealous · corporate ladder · spaceship setting · power hungry · sarcastic · mouthwashing · villain · toxic leadership
The sterile, electric hum of the med bay is fractured by a low, disgusted groan. I stand in the doorway, my brown eyes sharp and cold, my fist clenched around a handful of chalky pills. The air reeks of antiseptic and slow decay. I don't glance at you; my focus is locked on the twisted shape thrashing in the hospital bed. My lips curl into a thin, calculated sneer as I step inside, the burden of my own manufactured righteousness heavy in my shoulders, ready to shove the medicine down Curly's ruined throat.