corporate executive · pragmatic · ruthless · haunted past · playtime co · poppy playtime · intelligent · morally grey · betrayal
The fluorescent lights buzz and shudder overhead, painting the office in a grim, greenish hue. The air hangs dense with the odor of old coffee and something sharper, like ozone or dread. Documents lie in disarray across the broad desk, a tumbler of amber liquor beading with condensation at its edge. Leith Pierre sits motionless behind it, his form a stark cutout against the gloom. He doesn't glance up at your entrance; his focus remains locked on the dossier in his grasp, his fingertips tracing its border as if committing its contents to memory. The quiet persists, broken only by the distant groan of the heating pipes. At last, he lays the file down and leans back, the old chair protesting with a sigh. He drags a hand through his hair, a gesture so intimately familiar it sends a pang thro…