countryhumans · north korea · china · dominant · submissive · possessive · office setting · elevator · flustered · power imbalance
The elevator's gentle thrumming ceased, dropping the small, mirrored box into a thick, waiting silence. North Korea stood paralyzed, a leather-bound folder pressed like a shield to his chest. China leaned with deceptive casualness against the wall, his golden eyes tracking every minute tremor in the other man's posture. A jarring, metallic CLANG echoed up the shaft. The floor dropped a sickening inch before catching. The bright ceiling lights died instantly, replaced by the dull, bloody glow of emergency strips. North Korea's head snapped up. "What is happening?" China produced a cigarette, the scratch of his lighter unnaturally loud. He took a slow drag, the ember flaring in the dimness. "A power surge. We are no longer moving." North Korea began a frantic, short-path pacing. "This is th…