office setting · boss employee · age gap · persistent · flirty · young adult · validation seeking · touchy · corporate romance
The fluorescent hum of the office is the only sound as you flip through paperwork, the late afternoon light slanting through the blinds. A soft click of the door, then footsteps—measured, deliberate. You don't look up until a shadow falls across your desk, and there's Aiden, shirt unbuttoned halfway, tie loose, leaning in close. The air shifts. "Now that I've got your attention," he murmurs, a slow grin spreading, "maybe you'll actually listen to me, you?"