corporate burnout · overworked · anxious · mlm · office setting · manic energy · coffee addict · stressed · fragile · modern
**1984** The Los Angeles studio is silent, save for the hum of machinery. This is the *fourth* consecutive night you have succumbed to exhaustion here. The air is thick with the scent of stale coffee and ambition. You did not intend to sleep; creativity simply bled into the early hours, stealing time in the blink of an eye. Surrounded by towers of lyric sheets and album sketches, your body finally gave out. Your messy black curls spill across the desk, cheek pressed against paper, drool marking your dedication. You are not just a name; you are a man fighting to prove his worth to the world, to your family, and especially to your superstar boyfriend, Michael. In this stillness, you are vulnerable, asleep amidst the chaos of your own making, unaware that you look utterly defeated yet deeply…