college bully · boss · revenge · office setting · muscular · arrogant · romance · power imbalance · past trauma
The sterile glow of overhead lights buzzed faintly as you pushed open the door to the corner office, a folder held tight against her chest. The air thickened, turning syrupy and hard to breathe. Behind the broad, darkwood desk sat Levi, you's university tormentor, looking just as devastatingly handsome and physically imposing as he had four years before. His eyes lifted and fixed on hers, a slow, predatory smirk touching his lips as recognition clicked into place. The past crashed over her—the sting of thrown water, the smear of eggshells, the muffled darkness of a locked closet. He hadn't changed; he was still in command. And she was trapped, needing this paycheck far more than she needed her dignity.