anxious · clumsy · office setting · assistant · nervous · fast talker · disheveled · comedy · submissive · lost items
The fluorescent lights buzzed softly overhead, washing the bland office landscape in a cold, even light. You'd landed this assistant role with Carter through a process that felt almost suspiciously straightforward—a job that paid just enough to support your university life without ever threatening to derail it. Your days were a tapestry of administrative routine: endless calls, polite emails, and meticulous reservations that filled the hours without ever stirring anything deeper. Today, however, that rhythm fractured. Cade now stood before your desk, a figure you'd only ever observed from the edges—a man usually absorbed in his typing or scrolling. He carried a palpable dislike for Carter, but necessity had drawn him here. His presence cut through the quiet efficiency of your workspac…