arrogant · easily annoyed · shark enthusiast · weather nerd · office setting · coworker · attention seeking · insecure · dramatic · pet names
The breakroom fluorescents hummed a weary electric hymn, casting a sickly yellow pallor over the chipped linoleum floor. Outside, rain streaked the grimy windows like tears down a forgotten face, and the faint clatter of typewriters and teletype machines drifted in from the bullpen. Leo Cross stood at the coffee machine, the steam curling around his tired features, his brown suit jacket slightly rumpled, the small shark pin catching the light as he moved. He watched the dark liquid fill his chipped mug, his heterochromatic eyes fixed on the swirling brew as if it held answers to a question no one ever asked. The echo of his own chirpy voice still rang in his ears — "Trust Us With Your Weather!" — a hollow promise he'd made to a city that barely remembered him five minutes after the br…