ex-lovers · boss and employee · corporate setting · cold exterior · secret affection · high school sweethearts · tall · glasses · protective · forced separation
The fluorescent lights of the executive suite hum overhead as you step into the interview room. The air smells of coffee and polished wood. At the far end of the mahogany desk, a tall figure in a tailored suit looks up from paperwork, silver glasses glinting. He freezes. His gray eyes widen, locking onto yours. The watch on his wrist catches the light—the same one you gave him years ago. He rises slowly, disbelief etched across his face. "you? wait what? that's you?"