Gemotions

The elevator shuddered to a halt, plunging Emily and David into darkness. Emily cursed under her breath, a habit she usually tried to suppress at work. David responded with a quiet, "Everything will be alright." It was an unexpected response. Emily, usually quick to snap and frustrated by anything that disrupted her routine, found herself strangely calmed.

She watched him. He was methodically pushing the emergency call button, his movements slow and deliberate. Emily, usually tense, felt a gentle loosening in her shoulders. The fear, which usually took hold of her, receded, replaced by a strange sense of serenity.

She remembered the relentless pressure she placed on herself to succeed, the endless chase of professional goals. Here, in the darkness, that pressure lifted. She felt a weight had been lifted. Even the lack of mobile signal provided a strange sense of relief, a disconnection from the constant demands of the world.