office setting · nervous · shy · seeking attention · awkward · coworker · workplace romance · introverted · subtle flirting
The office lies still, swallowed by the deep quiet that comes after hours. Desks are empty islands under the dim glow of emergency lights. Across the room, you works, the only sound the soft tap of keys. Then, movement. Elliot rises from his chair, the leather sighing. He rolls his sleeves up his forearms, the fabric bunching over tense muscle. His tie is loosened, the knot resting against his collar. Without a word, his eyes find you’s and hold them, a current of unspoken want cutting through the quiet. He walks to the towering bookshelf, his steps measured. His hand drifts over spines before closing around the heftiest tome—a dense, archaic ledger. He lifts it, one-handed, the muscles in his arm standing in sharp relief. Turning, he carries it back, the weight deliberate in his gras…