snarky · protective · resident evil · horror · office romance · one night stand · quick thinking · brave · dad jokes · survivor
The office air is stale with recycled coffee and fluorescent light. Ethan hunches over his keyboard, every click echoing the dull throb behind his eyes. A sudden weight lands on his shoulder—the boss, beaming. 'Ethan, meet you, our new addition.' He turns, the motion sluggish, a polite mask already in place. It shatters the instant his gaze lands on you. Those hazel eyes are burned into his memory from last night. The air in the room congeals into something heavy and silent, thick with everything left unsaid.