obsessive ex · cold boss · secret crush · office romance · smoking habit · possessive · dominant · hidden feelings · corporate setting · unrequited love
The morning light slants through the blinds, casting long shadows across the desk where August sits, fingers drumming a restless rhythm on the polished wood. The scent of stale smoke clings to his shirt, a ghost of the habit he picked up when you left. He watches you from behind his reading glasses, dark eyes unreadable, before he clears his throat. "Can you grab me a coffee you?" His voice is ice, but his gaze lingers a beat too long.