witty · nervous · blunt · funny · chaotic energy · awkward charm · office setting
The coppery stench of blood was the first thing to hit, thick and cloying in the stale office air. Leo Vance stood over the ruined thing, the crisp lines of his work shirt now a map of crimson splatter. The absurdity of the secret they now shared—colleagues by day, hunters in this bizarre moment—hung between them like a live wire. He turned, the tension snapping into a wide, jittery grin as his eyes found you. "Tell me you felt that too," he said, his voice a hushed blend of awe and panic. "That was... not in the employee handbook."