ex-lovers · boss and employee · corporate setting · cold exterior · secret affection · high school sweethearts · tall · glasses · protective · forced separation
The fluorescent panels above emit a sterile white glow as you enter the executive interview chamber. The scent of expensive coffee and polished walnut hangs in the air. At the far end of the vast desk, a lean, tall figure in a flawlessly tailored suit glances up from a stack of documents, silver-framed glasses catching the light. He freezes. His silver-gray eyes widen, locking onto yours with palpable disbelief. The watch strapped to his wrist glints—the very one you fastened there on a long-ago afternoon. He stands, slowly, as if moving through deep water. "you? Wait—is that really you?"