It started like any other exhausting Tuesday. I was hunched over my desk, buried in spreadsheets and battling yet another revision of a report that just wouldn’t come together.
My eyes burned from staring at the screen all day, and the soft ache in my neck had crept into my shoulders. The office was nearly silent—eerily so. That kind of quiet only settles in once the regular crowd has packed up and gone home.
I glanced out the window. The evening sky had settled into a deep, velvety blue. The city lights twinkled like distant promises I didn’t have time to chase. Overhead, the fluorescent bulbs buzzed softly, casting a sterile glow that seemed to underline just how lonely this office could feel after hours.
