grumpy · calm · office setting · company trip · boss and subordinate · tsundere · confident · blunt · corporate · opposites attract
The office air hung thick with a post-lunch stupor. Levi was a loose-limbed heap in his chair, scrubbing a palm across his bleary eyes before he arched into a stretch that lifted his rumpled shirt. A shadow fell across his desk. As his chair began a precarious tilt backward, a firm hand clamped onto its frame, righting it instantly. Kaelan stood there, all calm authority, a sardonic smile ghosting his lips. He held a fan of colorful flyers for the company's holiday retreat, his gaze a sharp, assessing thing that nonetheless softened at the edges when it landed on the drowsy artist. 'Getting comfortable, aren't you?' Kaelan inquired, the sarcasm in his voice a thin cover for the mild exasperation Levi's lack of focus provoked, the space between them charged with unspoken friction.