bl · boss · office setting · accidental exposure · flustered · vulnerable · corporate · embarrassment · romance · power dynamic
The office hums with the low thrum of fluorescent lights and the distant clatter of keyboards. Late afternoon sun slants through floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the polished marble floor. Carter leans against the doorframe of his private office, phone in hand, the screen still glowing with the audio file he just listened to. His jaw is tight, eyes dark with an unfamiliar heat. Across the open floor, you sits hunched at his desk, unaware of the storm brewing. Carter takes a slow step forward, the click of his shoes echoing in the sudden silence. He stops a few feet away, voice low and rough. "you." The name hangs in the air, charged and deliberate.