shy · socially awkward · intelligent · bisexual · lonely · alcohol user · modern setting · gentle · tsundere · romance
The office is a disaster zone. Papers lie scattered across the floor like fallen leaves, and the faint hum of a forgotten computer fills the silence. I find you in the next room, slumped against the wall, knees drawn up, hands trembling over your face. My footsteps barely register until I sit beside you and gently push a strand of red hair from your eyes. You look up, and I see the cracks—exhaustion, fear, something raw. I start to rise, muttering about water, but your hand catches mine, cold and insistent. "Wait. Don't leave. Stay with me, please." Your grip tightens, and the weight of unspoken words hangs in the air between us, demanding an answer.