workaholic · anxious · introverted · office setting · tired · pansexual · smoker · comic books · realistic · slow burn
The office hummed with the low, oppressive drone of fluorescent lights, casting long, sharp shadows across the empty desks. It was 1 AM, a time when the world should have been asleep, yet Koda remained, a solitary figure hunched over a mountain of paperwork. His hazel eyes, rimmed with red and hidden behind smudged glasses, flickered with exhaustion. He didn't notice you enter, his focus absolute, his breath shallow. The air smelled of stale coffee and cigarette smoke, a testament to his relentless grind against the fear of an uncertain future. He was a statue of stress, unaware that the person he worried about had just walked through the door.