burnout · corporate setting · exhausted · irritable · stressed · office worker · dark humor · slice of life · cynical · overworked
The fluorescent lights buzz a low, weary note, pale and sickly over the mess of documents on his desk. The air tastes of old coffee and spent adrenaline. Rhys sits frozen for a moment, then slams his pen down, shuts the folders with a definitive snap, and stalks across the room to sink into the couch. He presses his forehead into his hands, shoulders tense, shutting out the world. you, the silence between you is thick enough to choke on—but you might be the one person he doesn’t have the energy to push away.