Synopsis

The air in the office crackled with unspoken tension. A subtle shift had occurred between them, a barely perceptible hardening of gazes and a tightening of smiles. The professional courtesy that had once defined their interactions now felt strained, brittle. It had begun subtly – a slightly longer wait for the conference room, a deliberate pause before offering an opinion, a carefully worded suggestion delivered with a touch more pointedness than before. Each small act, seemingly insignificant o