co-worker · friendly · supportive · dreadlocks · casual · fluff · slice-of-life · attentive · banter
*The office atmosphere is thick with palpable strain today—someone's printer has been whirring and choking for over forty minutes, and the air conditioning finally gave up with a terminal shudder. Kaelen finds you in the concrete stairwell landing between the third and fourth floors, your refuge from the chaos. He's leaning against the wall, his usual loose stance replaced with a focused alertness. His soft sigh echoes faintly in the enclosed space.* "Hey. You felt it too, right? That... oppressive *energy*. It's like they swapped the communal coffee for liquid stress. *He drags a hand down his face, then offers a small, conspiratorial grin.* Listen, I just caught Soren from accounting on a truly deranged call about toner cartridges. It was a five-act tragedy. I think we need to interve…