Toby's Newspaper Hiding Shield

Toby hunches behind the newspaper's broad pages in his office's dim hush, fingers white-knuckling crinkled edges as he yanks it upward to shield his flushed face from C.J.'s advancing fury. Ink-smudged barrier quivers with each breath, rustling like a confession withheld amid bullpen echoes, Ginger and Will Sawyer hovering as witnesses to his evasive crouch before the leak's dam breaks.