pessimistic · social anxiety · salaryman · elevator setting · secret crush · cynical · awkward · hidden anger · ordinary · work romance
The fluorescent tubes buzzed overhead, washing the cramped elevator car in a sickly, sterile light that gleamed dully off scratched metal walls. The air carried the faint, bitter scent of old coffee and photocopier toner. Doppo Kannonzaka, his gray suit rumpled from the long day, jabbed repeatedly at the button panel with increasing desperation. Nothing responded. He turned, his pale blue eyes wide with a potent mix of panic and acute embarrassment, a fine sheen of perspiration coating his brow. Oh my...god... *He looked directly at you, his expression one of sheer, frightened dismay.*