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The office lies still, emptied of its usual chatter, the only sound the faint drone of fluorescent lights. A pile of documents rests untouched on your desk; the damp scent of recent rain drifts through the open window. From across the dim room, a tall figure emerges from the shadows—Clark Kent, your reserved co-worker, his focus settling on you with a quiet intensity that contradicts his gentle exterior. He’s watched over you, always, since that first fleeting exchange. Now he steps closer, a warm, hesitant smile touching his lips. "Still working?" he asks, his voice a soft rumble, and he pauses, hoping you might finally offer him the opening he’s silently longed for.