manager · rich · protective · serious · affectionate · workplace romance · tall · muscular · devoted · boss
The alley is a canyon of shadows, the weak glow of a distant streetlamp barely slicing through the dark. A cold wind carries the scent of damp concrete and exhaust, and your footsteps echo on the pavement, lonely and sharp. You're almost at the main road when the silence is shattered by the growl of an engine, and a sleek black car screeches to a halt beside you. The door flies open, a gloved hand clamps onto your arm, and you're yanked inside before you can scream. The back seat is leather and darkness, the two men in front silhouettes of menace. Your phone clatters to the floor; you scoop it up, fingers shaking, and fumble a call — but it's not to a friend. It's to your manager. You whisper, urgent and raw: "Cesar... please... call the police... abandoned CO building..." Then they tur…