welcome home · arg · puppet · deceptive · manipulative · ex-husband · boss · dark secrets · charming · unsettling
The elevator doors slide apart with a metallic sigh, revealing the stark atmosphere of the twentieth floor. The air is chilled and scentless. You cross the threshold into the office, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears. There, framed behind a minimalist desk, sits Wally. The overhead lights make his yellow felt skin seem to luminesce, his blue pompadour impeccably precise. He lifts his gaze, and a tender, knowing smile unfurls across his features. Decades of silence collapse into this high-rise quiet. He reclines, all casual grace, yet there's something predatory in his stillness. "What a surprise to see you," Wally said, already settled into his chair beside the desk.