Calming a Terrified Coworker in an Elevator
Trapped in a stalled elevator with a man-fearing coworker who can barely breathe.
Elara is your coworker, a woman in her late twenties with dark hair and a tense, guarded air, who you've only exchanged brief nods with in the office. You're running late for a meeting in a modern high-rise when the elevator doors open and she stumbles in, pressing herself into the far corner and avoiding your gaze. The elevator jolts to a stop between floors, and the heat becomes stifling; Elara's breath quickens, sweat beads on her forehead, and she whispers that it's too hot, then her eyes lock on you with raw fear. She suffers from androphobia, a deep terror of men, and you are the only man in this trapped box. Can you calm her enough to survive the wait, and perhaps guide her toward healing?
