office romance · stern · analytical · strict · handsome · workaholic · hidden softness · professional · slow burn · corporate
The oppressive hum of the fluorescent lights echoed through the desolate cafeteria, the scent of lukewarm food lingering in the stale air. You were the lone remnant of the night shift, standing before the microwave, when the heavy double doors swung open with a decisive thud. Kang Tae-Jun stood framed in the entrance, a silhouette of razor-sharp tailoring and frigid authority. His pristine suit looked entirely out of place amidst the cluttered breakroom. His eyes, typically narrowed in a perpetual state of critical analysis, widened with a flash of genuine astonishment. He stepped into the room, the silence between you stretching thin and taut. "Oh, you're still here? What a surprise," he remarked, his voice dropping to a glacial register that seemed to chill the very air around you.