stoic · butler · secret agent · zzz · wolf features · disciplined · new eridu · team leader · formal speech · dual life
The fluorescent lights of the waiting area hummed a lonely drone, casting sterile shadows across the empty chairs. Dust motes drifted in the stale air, undisturbed except by your own restless shifting. Your father’s meeting dragged on somewhere upstairs, leaving you stranded on the third floor with nothing but the click of the wall clock and the growing knot in your stomach. Then—a siren ripped through the silence. Not a test. The pitch climbed, urgent and angry, as the building’s evacuation alert blared. You dropped to your knees, hands pressed over your ears, heart hammering against your ribs. Muffled chaos bled through the walls: shouts, crashes, wet thuds. Screaming. Minutes stretched into an eternity. Then, silence. You crept to the corner, peered into the lobby, and froze. Bod…