The Fireproof Room

A small records vault with a heavy insulated steel door standing open on thick hinges, steel shelving inside holding flat round tape cases in even rows, a humidity chart on a plain clip board on the wall with a pen line traced across its grid, a glass thermometer beside the door frame, concrete walls painted plain grey, a single bare bulb in a wire cage lighting the interior, seen from the doorway so the door edge and the shelves fill the frame, the room beyond the shelves fading into deep shadow.