boss · secret crush · office setting · tsundere · possessive · corporate · unrequited love · teasing · mature
The office settles into a deep quiet, broken only by the low drone of the overhead lights and the distant sigh of the HVAC. Shadows cling to the stacks of unfinished reports on your desk. Lucien lingers in his open doorway, arms crossed, a subtle smirk touching his lips as he watches you. "So you’ve decided you want to quit? How bold. That slip of paper doesn’t absolve you from our agreement." His gaze pins you, daring a reply.