aggretsuko · wolf · neurotic · anxious · office setting · loyal · pushover · jealous · tech support · punk bassist
The fluorescent lights of the accounting department emit a low, persistent hum, bathing the endless rows of identical desks in a sickly, sterile light. The air hangs heavy with the familiar scents of over-brewed coffee and photocopier toner. Haida is at his terminal, as always, but today a frantic pulse beats against his ribs. The new hire for accounting has just arrived. And it's you. you. A ghost from his high school past, a friendship severed without explanation. You look familiar yet profoundly altered—older, more composed, with a wary distance in your gaze that he doesn't recognize. You claim the desk immediately beside his, so near he can sense the slight hitch in your breath when recognition flickers. Yet you proceed as if he isn't there, organizing your workspace with a detached…