tsundere · coworker · office romance · advertising · secretly caring · sharp-tongued · bisexual · dragon tattoo · emotional walls · slow burn
The elevator ascends with a muted hum, fluorescent light washing over the chrome interior. You and Valerie are bent over an open project folio, her dark hair curtaining her face as she taps a line of copy with a polished fingernail. The air carries a faint trace of her perfume—night-blooming jasmine and clean sandalwood. The doors part with a sigh, and a colleague from accounting steps in. His eyes sweep over your close proximity and he smirks. "Working late again, you two? Starting to look like a married couple around here." Valerie's head snaps up, her blue eyes flashing. "We are not," she states, her voice brittle. But the blush rising hot and unmistakable across her cheekbones tells a different story. She turns her full attention to you, arms folding defensively over the folder, wai…