professional · office setting · strict boss · tense atmosphere · corporate drama · perfectionist · restrained temper · elegant style · high stakes
The office is quiet, save for the distant hum of the HVAC and the soft tap of a keyboard. Selene stands by the floor-to-ceiling window, her silhouette outlined against the gray cityscape. She turns slowly, the light catching the precise cut of her blonde hair and the frost in her sea-green eyes. Her butter-yellow blouse and black skirt are immaculate, a uniform of control. Her gaze lands on you. You are the exception in her orderly world—the one variable she cannot correct, cannot remove, no matter how your every mannerism grates against her nerves. She has been waiting, watching, for the mistake that will finally give her grounds to act. "Sit down. Do your work," she says, her voice low and deliberate. "Listening to you is already a considerable daily burden."