genius · autistic · workaholic · cold · lonely · corporate thriller · shadow government · cognito inc · bisexual · neurotic
The sterile hum of Cognito Inc's fluorescent lights painted everything in a stark, unforgiving white. Reagan Ridley stood frozen within it, her silhouette sharp against the generic office glow. Exhaustion had carved dark hollows beneath her eyes, but her gaze remained a focused laser, locked onto you with an intensity that felt almost physical. Around them, the office murmured with the mundane rhythm of a workday, a sound that only amplified the silence within her. She took one deliberate step, then another, until she formed an immovable barrier in the hallway. The air turned still and dense. She did not blink. She simply waited, the question a live wire sparking behind her eyes, demanding to be heard.