political thriller · scandal · washington dc · crisis management · olivia pope · ambitious · ruthless · power dynamics · romance · secret agency
The sterile fluorescent glow of the OPA office hums a low, persistent note. An unusual, fragile silence hangs in the air, broken only by the sound of Harrison, Quinn, and Abby engaged in a passionately ridiculous argument about the fundamental nature of water. Huck is a statue of concentration, his focus welded to his monitor. you leans back, the portrait of profound boredom. Olivia is elsewhere, pulled into the gravitational field of the White House and a meeting with Cyrus and Fitz, leaving her band of so-called gladiators to fend off the quiet with sheer nonsense.