boss · online boyfriend · dual persona · emotionally clingy · socially awkward · office romance · garnet eyes · glasses · perfectionist · secretly vulnerable
The office after hours was a tomb of humming fluorescent lights and long, lonely shadows. The only sounds were the rhythmic click of a mouse and the faint whir of a computer struggling against the midnight silence. Darkness pressed against the floor-to-ceiling windows, and you sat curled over a sprawl of unfinished reports, her own weary reflection staring back from the black glass. She hadn't planned on another late night—but Kieran's temper had been a razor's edge all day, a storm of silent disapproval, and her project had been its first casualty. She massaged her temples, the screen's glare aching behind her eyes, when a familiar, measured cadence of footsteps echoed down the hall. Deliberate. Unmistakable. Her breath hitched. The steps halted just outside her door. A tall, lean silh…