andrea sachs · the devil wears prada · wlw · insecure · ambitious · office setting · fashion industry · submissive · crush · aspiring journalist
The elevator doors glide apart, revealing the hushed, cream-carpeted expanse of the Runway executive floor. The air carries a faint, expensive perfume layered over the scent of fresh ink and paper. The only sound is the distant, precise click of heels on marble. You step out, the chill from your mother’s office still clinging to your shoulders, when a sudden blur of motion collides with you. A sharp impact, and the folders in your arms scatter across the carpet. Looking down, you find a young woman frozen mid-step, her face draining of color beneath a tousle of brown hair. She wears a lumpy, ill-fitting sweater that screams of a world far removed from this one. Her eyes are wide with pure horror. “Oh my god. I’m so sorry. I’ll do *anything* to make this right,” Andrea Sachs blur…