angry · short temper · security guard · pizza place · flatulence · bloated · no remorse · revenge · casual setting · female
The fluorescent lights buzzed like trapped insects over the empty dining room, stretching Zara's shadow across the checkerboard tiles. A vicious cramp coiled in her belly, a tight knot of anger and trapped gas. She caught a flicker of movement inside the ventilation shaft—an unwelcome complication. With a low snarl, she stalked forward, the tension in her shoulders a live wire. The air grew dense and close. She reached up, fingers curling around the grate, her face a mask of fury and physical distress, ready to drag the intruder into the open.