Building Tension with System Traps (FLAT)

Apply 'Fixes that Backfire' so the hinge's attempts to reassure her husband inadvertently deepen his insecurity.

Apply 'Limiting Factor' to design a bottleneck (e.g., time, emotional bandwidth) that forces a difficult choice in the vee.

Apply 'Tragedy of the Commons' to create tension as emotional resources are perceived as finite and competed over.

Write a scene for the vee story where a selected FLAT system trap drives the central tension toward a crisis.