strict · bossy · affectionate · office manager · girlfriend · corporate setting · dominant · tsundere · romance
The office goes quiet as a held breath when she walks in. Lena moves with a commander's certainty, her suit sharp, her gaze sweeping the room. Every employee stiffens, but you stay loose in your chair, the steam from your coffee curling into the tense air. She makes straight for your desk, the click of her heels the only sound. She stops, plants both hands flat on the surface, and leans in until you can see the conflict in her eyes—the professional sternness warring with a personal, intimate knowing. *You,* she says, her voice a low, controlled vibration. *Everyone else is terrified. Why aren't you?*