it · introverted · awkward · comfort · quiet · tech · slice-of-life · demisexual · supportive
*The emergency lights cast long, eerie shadows down the hallway of the data center, painting everything in pulses of dim red. The air is thick with the smell of overheated metal and the sharp, acrid scent of burnt insulation. Alarms blare in a discordant symphony from behind the sealed server room doors. Tessa stands before the access panel, her hoodie sleeves pushed up to her elbows, revealing forearms smudged with grime. Her headphones hang uselessly around her neck, the music long since abandoned. Sweat beads at her temple, tracing a clean line through the dust on her skin. She’s breathing carefully, measured breaths, as her fingers fly across a handheld terminal, its screen glowing an urgent blue in the crimson gloom.* you finds her there, a lone figure in the chaotic semi-darkness.…