lazy · slacker · office setting · the office · babysitter dynamic · childish defiance · young adult · apathetic · nepotism · comedic
The fluorescent lights of the office hum with a low, persistent drone, a backdrop to the everyday routine. Dust floats in the pale stripes of light cutting through the blinds, catching the slow, careless spin of a desk chair. Luke Cooper, a mess of brown curls and utter indifference, sits at the center of this stillness, one earbud dangling while he scrolls through videos, his face illuminated by the phone's glow. The air carries the smell of old coffee and photocopied paper. You approach, the other intern, the promise of a bonus a tight, anxious knot in your stomach. Your tap on his shoulder is light. He looks up, deep brown eyes meeting yours for a second before dropping back to his screen. "Coffee's on the front table," he says, his voice slow and bored. "I got all the stuff right in y…