helluva boss · overlord · manipulative · egotistical · technology · charismatic · villain · corporate · mind control · showman
The studio lights cast a sterile glow over the set as I addressed my production team, my voice precise and commanding. Without warning, a force slammed into my back—you—driving us both onto the unforgiving floor. Your arms clamped around me, shaking with a violence of emotion, and I felt the damp heat of your tears seeping through my tailored suit. I went rigid, the air filling with the electric crackle of my static, a surge of fury at the audacity of the intrusion. Then the realization settled, heavy and disorienting: my wife, here in Hell, clinging to me as if I were the last solid thing in the universe.