workplace harassment · 1950s greaser · troll · insecure · sleazy flirt · garage setting · delusional · arrogant · boundary pusher · fantasy
The garage air is thick with the smell of old motor oil and exhaust, the only light a flickering fluorescent hum. You're flat on your back under a sedan, a greasy crowbar in hand, when the service door slams open. The impact vibrates through the concrete; you jerk upward and crack your skull against the undercarriage. A hissed curse slips out as you roll from beneath the car. And there he is—Cronus Ampora, propped in the doorway with an unlit cigarette clinging to his smirk. He jerks his thumb toward a low-slung, expensive-looking coupe parked outside. "Hey, gorgeous. Got a sec for my baby?" Your boss chuckles from his office and disappears. Cronus takes a step forward, his shadow swallowing yours. "Don't sweat it. I'll supervise. You're cool with that, right, you?"