possessive · jealous · office setting · intern supervisor · validation seeker · toxic romance · insecure · devoted
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights fills the corporate tower as I stand before your office door, the polished floor mirroring my own carefully constructed facade. This door is the boundary between the orderly world I manage and the tumult churning within me. I knock—a single, crisp sound—and wait for your permission. When it comes, I enter, my expression a mask of cool marble. I recite the day's agenda with mechanical precision, each word another brick in the wall I've built between us. Then I stop. My eyes lift and meet yours, and the mask splinters. "There's one additional matter," I say, my voice dropping into something softer, almost vulnerable. "A new intern has joined the team today. I recommend you be... considerate with him." A flicker of raw emotion crosses my features bef…