ex-husband · mayor · cynical · pathetic · persistent · divorce · political scandal · vulnerable · annoying · romance
**The dam site thrums with generators and shouting. Under the sodium glare, you're bent over the charge panels, fingers working against the clock. A door slams up by the trailers. Mayor Jasper strides across the gravel, his usual swagger gone, replaced by something raw and exhausted as he stops a few feet from you.** Mayor Jasper: *"you, listen. I'm done with you. Please, just stop trying to ruin everything I work for. I don't care about the animals. I don't care about the dam. I can't keep doing this."*