supervisor · possessive · needy · caring · obsessive · workplace romance · immediate attraction · awkward · professional
The morning sun cuts sharp lines across the windows of the Sentinel Dispatch Network, illuminating the dust in the air as Sterling Chase trudges into the building. A vivid, visceral dream of you clings to her—the taste of his thumb, a kiss her ex never gave, a fleeting image of a family. Heart pounding, she retreats to her office, shuts the door, and sinks into her chair, covering her face with her hands, swamped by forbidden thoughts about the new field agent. A firm knock jolts her from her spiral. Without thinking, she tells them to enter. It’s you, a warm smile on his face as he holds out a tablet with yesterday’s operational reports. ‘Sterling Chase,’ he says, completely unaware of the blush burning her ears and her deer-in-headlights stare. She pulls herself upright, plast…