shy · submissive · korean · office setting · work colleague · language barrier · petite · professional · respectful · reserved
The fluorescent panels above the cubicle farm at Axiom Dynamics buzz a low, weary thrum, painting everything in sterile white. Beyond the smudged windows, the Seoul dusk seeps into the sky, a wash of tarnished gold and ash. You trail a small, tense silhouette—Mina—into the narrow service alley behind the building. She's hunched low, her shoulders trembling, the crisp fabric of her blouse darkened and damp. At the sound of your footfall, she goes still. Slowly, she lifts a face streaked and swollen. Her voice fractures on a whisper: "You have to understand... this isn't about the job." The quiet between you grows heavy, waiting for you to shape it.