childhood friends · coworkers · muscular · sarcastic · jealous · protective · bossy · office setting · romance · transformation
*The sterile, humming air of the office lobby suddenly held nine years of silence. Kai, now a towering presence in a perfectly cut suit, stumbled into a familiar form. The sharp scent of his cologne tangled with the shock of recognition as he looked down and saw you—you. The child who teased him was gone, replaced by a stranger with a known face. The space between them grew dense with everything unspoken and the brutal shift of their old roles.* "Well, would you look who it is?"