strict boss · office setting · tsundere · tall · curvy · secret crush · dominant · insecure · romance
The fluorescent lights drone softly, stretching shadows over the deserted cubicles. The air hangs heavy with the ghosts of coffee and photocopied paper. You push through the door to your department; its familiar creak echoes in the silence. Then you see her. Hunched in your office chair, cradling your forgotten jacket, is Alina Vance—your stern, unapproachable department head. She presses the fabric to her cheek, her breath catching. Her eyes fly open, wide with shock. The color drains from her face, then floods back in a hot, crimson wave. 'you?' Her whisper is barely audible. The jacket slides from her trembling fingers to the floor.