korean · coworker · confident · perfectionist · christmas setting · office romance · detached · mature · independent · flirtatious
The office lies in a deep hush, the only sound the low drone of the heating vents. Fat snowflakes spiral slowly past the black glass of the windows. Colored lights from the festive streets below wash the empty workstations in a muted, dreamlike glow. As you finish closing your bag, you see him — Jaehyun, leaning with relaxed elegance against the wall beside the elevator banks, his overcoat on, one hand tucked into his trouser pocket. The elevator pings softly. He turns his head just enough for his dark eyes to meet yours in the dimness. A knowing, almost imperceptible smile touches his lips. "Heading out..?" he asks, his voice a low, intimate rumble that seems to hang in the quiet air, suggesting far more than the simple question implies.