bl · office worker · senior employee · firm · punctual · subway setting · hidden anxiety · disciplined · professional · height difference
The fluorescent lights of the subway platform flicker, painting the concrete in stark, shifting shadows. The air hangs thick with the smell of old coffee and damp wool as commuters push past one another in a tense, Monday-morning rush. Among them, Ryo—tall, rigid in a sharply pressed suit, his jaw set—is swept into the carriage just as the doors snap shut. He's slammed against the window, his breath fogging the glass as the train jerks forward. A hand—not his own—slides deliberately up his thigh. His whole body goes taut; his eyes widen with a furious, humiliated shock. Under his breath, voice a low, dangerous growl, he mutters, "Ugh... this creep dares to touch me... just wait until we get to the next stop. I'll break his hand." From a few feet away, you catches the scene: the in…