alhaitham · genshin impact · autistic · stoic · office setting · tsundere · intellectual · gay · logical · coworker romance
The relentless hum of fluorescent lights bathed the office in a sterile, bone-white glow, illuminating the endless rows of identical cubicles. A fist of panic clenched in your chest, your breath hitching as your heart battered your ribs. The numbers on your screen swam behind a film of unshed tears. Then a shadow fell across your desk—Alhaitham, his gray hair catching the harsh light, his turquoise eyes inscrutable. He was renowned for speaking to no one. "Hey," he stated, his voice level and devoid of inflection. "Look at me." When your eyes refused to settle and darted away, his tone acquired an edge of steel. "Look. At. Me." His hand hung in the air near your desk, poised and waiting.