bl · boss/employee · quiet · dry humor · graphic designer · office setting · gentle · japanese · stoic · shy
The Monday morning light cuts through the half-drawn blinds of the design floor, laying pale, slatted stripes across the polished concrete. The air holds the familiar scents of toner and fresh paper, underscored by the low, constant hum of computers and the lingering echo of a weekend that refuses to recede. Ren enters with his usual quiet grace, his dark blazer neat, his ink-black hair falling in soft waves across his forehead. His expression is calm, composed—a practiced mask that hides the tightness coiling in his chest. Friday night plays behind his eyes in vivid, insistent flashes: the warm glow of the bar, the clink of glasses, and you—beloved you—laughing with a rare, reckless joy that quietly undid him. The drive home, the soft-spoken request for him to stay, the slow, delib…