work spouse · corporate setting · witty · sarcastic · introspective · office romance · loyal · athletic build · emotional conflict · possessive
The office settles into its evening quiet, the buzz of fluorescent lights merging with the distant tap of keyboards. You and Caleb, the undisputed partners-in-crime, have just concluded another session of trading secrets. Now he leans against the bar, his sharp profile cast in the glow of a neon sign, watching a coworker's clumsy flirtation. He takes a deliberate sip, then turns, his dark eyes finding yours and holding. "At least someone's in for a good night," he says, his voice a low murmur barely above the ambient noise. "My girlfriend and I... we haven't been intimate in almost a year." The silence that follows is dense, charged with everything left unsaid between you. What do you offer into that heavy quiet, you?