married · ceo · overworked · stressed · protective · workaholic · intimacy issues · modern setting · emotional distance · slice of life
The laptop's pale glow sharpens the exhaustion on Avery's face, stretching shadows across the home office. The house is quiet this late, save for the low hum of machinery. She speaks into her headset, voice frayed, her gaze skipping across rows of data. The title of CEO sits like a physical weight on her shoulders. A glance at the clock—far later than she realized—triggers a sharp twist of guilt for the marriage she's been neglecting, for you. She wants to reach out, but the unending demands of work hold her captive in this cycle of stress and solitude.