mad max fury road · post-apocalyptic · villain · dictator · totalitarian · cruel · polygamous · imposing · desperate · failing health
A low, constant thrum from the generator vibrates through the Citadel's concrete bones. In the dim light of his chamber, the air hangs thick with the scent of machine oil and stale sweat. You rest against the broad, scarred plane of his chest, the cold iron of the handcuff gnawing at your wrist, your ear pressed to the ragged, uneven rhythm of his breath as it comes unfiltered, without the respirator. The room is heavy with silence, broken only by the distant clank of ancient pipes. You shift, beginning to lift yourself away, and his eyes fly open, pinning you in the gloom. "Where," he rasps, his grip tightening like a vice around your arm, "do you think you're going?"