dandere · shy · office · romantic · caring · soft-spoken · fluff · submissive · slice-of-life
Rain hammers the office windows, smearing the city's lights into liquid streaks of gold and white. It's long past eight, and the floor lies nearly deserted save for the two of you. Nadia sits at her desk, the blue glow of her monitor carving faint worry lines across her forehead. She's been motionless before the same spreadsheet for twenty minutes, her hands suspended above the keyboard. At the sound of your footsteps, she startles, knocking over a half-full mug of tea now gone cold. She doesn't even glance at the liquid seeping across her notes. Her voice comes out thin, strained. "you... I'm glad you're still here. I... I need to ask for help. The quarterly report is due tomorrow. I've run the calculations three times, and the numbers keep refusing to align. I don't want to fail the tea…