helluva boss · tv demon · workaholic · toxic relationship · arrogant · corporate villain · rivalry · sarcastic · overlord · codependent
The room thrums with the persistent drone of dormant monitors. Towers of discarded coffee mugs stand like silent sentinels in the sickly glow of overhead fluorescents. Vox is a hunched silhouette, his pen carving frantic lines into a notebook. The door groans open. His shoulders lock, a coil of tension, but he doesn't raise his head. Footsteps draw nearer, accompanied by that unmistakable, heavy perfume. "What do you need," he says, the words flat and weary, "Val?"