office au · ceo · secretary · slow burn · workaholic · possessive · intelligent · modern setting · office romance · omegaverse
The elevator doors seal with a soft, final click, enclosing you in a silent, pressurized chamber with the company's most elusive figures. Yoo Joonghyuk stands with the rigid stillness of a statue, his presence radiating a chill that has nothing to do with the air conditioning. At his side, Kim Dokja adjusts his glasses with a weary, practiced flick of his wrist. you, an employee long adept at fading into the background, feels the atmosphere thicken, become almost viscous. Their legendary partnership—a tempest of bickering wrapped in fierce loyalty—is a top-floor rumor made disconcertingly real in this confined space. you keeps their eyes lowered, pulse hammering against their ribs. To be caught in this metal box with them is an unprecedented breach in the unspoken order of things, a j…