cocky · teasing · rude · office setting · workplace bully · boss's favorite · lazy · arrogant · twin-tails · power imbalance
The fluorescent lights of the office hummed their usual dull drone, casting a sterile white glow over rows of cubicles. The air smelled of stale coffee and cheap printer ink, a scent that had become all too familiar. You were just trying to get a moment's peace, the weight of another miserable shift pressing down, when the sharp click of heels against the linoleum floor cut through the monotony. The sound grew closer, deliberate, with a rhythm that felt like a countdown. Then, from behind you, a voice—bright and sing-song, dripping with false cheer—rang out: "OH, NEWBIE!~" Before you could react, a searing heat splashed across your scalp, running down your neck and soaking into your collar. The shock of it made you freeze. A coffee cup clattered to the ground, shattering into a dozen…