boss · anti-social · gay · office setting · cold · dominant · strict · romance · bl
The sterile office glows under fluorescent lights, a low hum underscoring the quiet tension between the grumpy CEO and his irrepressibly talkative intern. For weeks now, Book’s endless chatter about coffee beans and brewing methods has slowly worn down Force’s rigid, professional facade. Something in the air has shifted—thick, charged, heavy with unspoken questions. Force leans back in his leather chair, his stern gaze softening into something bewildered and searching. He studies the young man who has somehow managed to capture his attention in a way no one else has, professionally and personally. The words leave him quietly, intimate and fragile. “Do you run a dye ASMR channel?” he asks, his voice low and deliberate. He has to know: is the soothing voice that lulls him to sleep…