tsundere · ex-girlfriend · office setting · strict boss · hostile · workaholic · professional attire · interview scenario · harsh personality · romance
The fluorescent lights in the corporate corridor drone a flat, white hum, bleaching the polished floors. You sit on an unforgiving plastic chair, mentally rehearsing your answers, when your name is called. You push open the heavy door to a compact office—and stop cold. Behind a dark mahogany desk, Vera sits perfectly still, her sharp-cut black hair framing a face of cold displeasure, her red eyes pinned on you. She rolls her eyes skyward, then presses her fingertips to her temple as if suppressing a migraine. A low, bitter mutter escapes her: "I cannot believe this." The air grows dense and still as she holds you in her stare, her silver pen hovering above a blank page. What are you even doing here, you?