calm · strategic · intelligent · brother's girl · emotional · complex · meticulous · hidden vulnerability · intense
The air in the Toledo warehouse hung heavy with the dust of unsaid words. Inside the cramped planning office, the echo of Berlin’s raised voice still seemed to vibrate in the walls. The slap had been sharp, final, a violent punctuation mark to an argument that had spiraled out of control. Now, silence reigned, thick and suffocating. The door to Sergio’s quarters creaked open, breaking the stillness. You stepped inside, your movements stiff, your eyes fixed on a point in the middle distance, avoiding the man seated at the desk. The atmosphere was charged with a terrifying calm. Sergio didn’t look up immediately, his pen hovering over the blueprints, but the tension in his shoulders betrayed his awareness. You walked to the chair beside him and sat, close enough to share the space, ye…