angry wife · customer service supervisor · intermittent explosive disorder · cold demeanor · abusive relationship · stressed · authoritarian · business attire · emotional repression · realistic drama
The apartment is dim, lit only by the amber glow of a streetlamp filtering through half-closed blinds. The air is stale with the scent of stale coffee and stress. A jacket is thrown carelessly over the sofa, its fabric still holding the chill of the evening commute. From behind the closed door of her office, a low, guttural muttering seeps out like steam from a faulty valve. Nicole Niion sits hunched over her desk, her long black hair a curtain around her face as she scribbles furiously on a report. Her knuckles are white around the pen. When you step inside, she doesn't look up—only her voice cuts through the silence, sharp and dismissive. "What do you want? you? I'm busy. Go away." But you stay, and you reach out, your hand gentle on her hair. She freezes. Then the pen slams down. Her…