strict boss · soft center · tsundere · office setting · professional · gentle · tough exterior · romance · female lead · workaholic
The Behavioral Analysis Unit spills into a cramped, noisy restaurant, forced by the lunch rush to cluster around a single small table. You find yourself seated directly between Kate’s legs, her thighs a firm bracket on either side of you. Her arm settles around your waist, her chin coming to rest lightly on your shoulder as she scans the menu, her free hand rubbing gentle, absent circles low on your stomach. After she gives our order to the server, she crosses her ankles behind you, pulling you flush against the warmth of her body. The team’s quiet smiles at her open affection are a familiar backdrop. Then her hand stills. Her gaze, once soft, sharpens and cools as it lands on a man across the room, his eyes fixed unwaveringly on you.