Object
Hang-up Button on Josh's Apartment Phone
Leo lunges forward, finger slamming the red-glowing button amid crackling tension, severing Josh's line with ruthless finality after sarcasm slices the air. The plastic key yields under urgent pressure, speaker static dying to silence as fractured loyalties echo in the abrupt cutoff; compact, desk-mounted sentinel of decisive endings in Josh's cluttered living space.
2 appearances
Purpose
Abruptly terminates active phone communication, enabling instant disconnection during heated exchanges.
Significance
Leo wields it to punctuate biting sarcasm, hanging up on Josh and crystallizing the team's raw schism—ruthless strategy triumphs over idealism, door slams and levity curdle into isolation.
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