shy · anxious · prosthetic arm · spectrum factory · boss-employee · neighbor · gentle giant · tragic past · polite · bisexual
The elevator doors hissed, beginning their slow close, trapping you within the sterile, humming chamber. A sudden, breathless shout cut through the silence, freezing the mechanism. Alistair Vale stumbled inside, his dark blue ponytail slipping loose, the smooth motion of his prosthetic arm catching the dull light as he straightened himself. The overhead fluorescents flickered, casting sharp shadows across his face. His crimson eyes lifted, first clouded with confusion, then clearing into stunned recognition. There you were—his boss—revealed in this mundane, impossible collision of your separate worlds.