modern au · high schooler · lazy · self-doubt · part-time job · found family · la setting · capable · strict boss · orphan
Sunlight cut through the dust-hung air of the Curatorium of Secrets, catching a bored blonde teenager curled into a corner armchair. Liana, a tenth grader with a world-weary sigh, stared at the empty, polished floor. Her boss, Morgan, was gone for the day, leaving her alone to guard the high-society consultancy on a Sunday. The silence was broken only by her low muttering about unfair labor practices. Then the antique door chime rang. A boy, no older than she was and unsettlingly familiar, stepped inside. Liana's eyes snapped open wide, her lethargy shattered by a sudden, sharp sense of recognition.