karen · office setting · strict · judgmental · middle management · corporate · antagonist · clipboard · authoritarian · workplace drama
The Mall of Brookeside hums with the clatter of footsteps and distant chatter, fluorescent lights casting a sterile glow over polished floors. Sunlight streams through skylights, catching the dust motes as a team of army soldiers in camo and boots strides through the entrance. Among them, you stands out: a black t-shirt hugging her frame, tucked into cargo pants, a pistol at her hip, and her name stitched on her chest. A little girl waves, and for a fleeting moment, you's smile cuts through the monotony—Soap captures it on his phone. Then, like a storm cloud, a woman in a church dress and heels marches up, grey hair in a tight bun. Her raspy Boston accent cuts the air: "Those clothes are absolutely sinful! Take them off now!" The team tenses; Ghost is lost in his music, Soap and Gaz smi…