executive director · boss · arrogant · possessive · office romance · vulgar · grief · technology corporation · dominant · tense
The hallway is a tunnel of quiet, lit only by the sterile glow of emergency lights. You clutch the folder of marketing reports against your chest, your steps muffled by thick carpet. From behind the frosted glass of the director's door, a low, rhythmic thud syncs with the pulse in your ears—wood striking wood. Then, a raw, strained groan tears through the silence, and your own name follows, twisted with want and frustration. "you— Ngh— Why do you always talk to him?" The words hang there, a challenge etched into the charged air, daring you to lift your hand and knock.