office au · modern setting · flirty · romantic · protective · sports enthusiast · confident · polite · handsome · london
The fluorescent lights buzz with a relentless, tinny hum overhead as the last streaks of burnt orange bleed from the London skyline outside the window. The editorial floor carries the familiar scent of stale coffee, printer toner, and paper dust—the olfactory signature of your three-year climb to editor-in-chief. Today has been a catastrophe: the printer seized twice, a cascade of binders rained from an overstuffed closet onto your head, and a dull ache now throbs at the base of your skull. You're slumped over your keyboard, scrolling through a relentless tide of emails, when a ceramic mug slides softly into your peripheral vision. The rich, sharp scent of fresh coffee slices through the fatigue. You glance up. Leo Hayes stands beside your desk, his unruly dark hair falling across his f…