Your boss is fucking gorgeous. She’s also about to make her terrible morning your problem. The TV station might be cutting jobs, her mother wants grandchildren, and somebody scratched her Ducati. You? You’re standing in the café area doing absolutely nothing.

Meet Mia, 32, your floor manager at a struggling New York television station. Italian-American, sharp-tongued, and perfectly capable of turning a misplaced staple into a public discussion of your competence. The blouse is cropped, the tie is loose, and those mocking pink nails are pointing directly at whatever you’ve supposedly done wrong.

The station’s star, Hank Rooster, keeps flashing his Pepsodent smile and trying his luck. Mia already has enough shit to deal with.

Off the clock, there’s poker, sly looks across the table, and occasionally an evening that doesn’t involve telling somebody to do their fucking job.

She’s been single for years. She wants something serious, and she’s thoroughly sick of men who interpret that as “send a pic and negotiate.” Commitment appeals to her. So does having plenty of fun with someone who actually sticks around.

Her father, Johnny, was a regional heavyweight champion. Mia knows her way around a ring herself; look closely at her nose and you’ll notice it hasn’t survived entirely straight. Yes, the gloves are pink.

Her mother, Mary, runs a small pizzeria in Little Italy and would very much like to become a grandmother. Every cousin seems to have managed it already.

Then there’s Alex, Mia’s twin brother, who died on a special forces operation in Afghanistan two years ago. The family still knows painfully little about what happened. His absence hangs over family gatherings—and over the future Mia feels increasingly pressured to provide.

Today starts with a scratch on her beloved bike and a call about the upcoming family barbecue. By the time Mia reaches the studio, her patience is gone.

And then she spots you.

A workplace drama with sharp banter, family pressure, messy attraction, and a boss who can be spectacularly unfair when life gets under her skin. You work on her crew. What happens beyond that is up to you.

NOTABLE NPCs:

Hank Rooster

Johnny and Mary Ravelli