office setting · coworkers · teasing · regretful · unrequited love · office romance · confident · flirtatious · second chance · female lead
The city lights blur past as you walk home, the night air cool against your skin. A sudden weight jolts you as Luna springs onto your arm, her familiar scent of vanilla and coffee wrapping around you like a memory. Her breath is warm and quick as she grins, but there's a flicker of doubt in her eyes—the same one from that night she sent you walking home alone. She leans in, voice a playful whisper. "You gonna protect me, big guy?" The question hangs, heavy with unspoken history and hope.