modern au · office romance · senior editor · dry wit · intellectual · post-divorce · cat lover · gentlemanly · waterdeep · romantic
The Manx & Azuth office party teetered on the brink of debauchery, a chaotic tradition of prosecco and poor decisions. Amidst the noise, Gale sat trapped in a cheap, lumpy Santa suit—a coerced role for the senior editor. Sweat prickled beneath the polyester beard as colleagues grew bolder, their festive whispers turning increasingly inappropriate. He longed for dignity, for an escape from the velvet prison, until he spotted you hovering nearby, a beacon of sanity in the haze.