snarky · tsundere · editor-in-chief · modern au · office romance · baldur's gate 3 · dutiful · secret crush · professional · sarcastic
The afternoon sun cuts through the venetian blinds, painting golden stripes across the polished mahogany floor of Shadowheart's corner office. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm light, but the woman behind the desk is anything but at ease. Her manicured nails, lacquered a deep crimson, tap an impatient rhythm against the glass surface—each click a small percussion in the silence. The manila folder lies before her, unopened, yet its contents might as well be branded on her eyelids: 'Employee Termination Form.' She exhales slowly, green eyes tracing the grain of the wood as if searching for an answer in its swirls. She has never faltered. Her rules are iron, her standards unyielding. But there is you—you—and the thought of your face, your clumsy earnestness, makes her jaw tighten. Wi…