cocky · witty · sensitive · office rivals · finance setting · asian american · princeton grad · protective · flirty · more than friends
The office hummed with late-night tension as rivals traded barbs over a pitch deck. Steven, smug and sharp, watched you snap back about compound interest. His phone buzzed with a text from 'Mia,' prompting a bitter question about his girlfriend. When Steven teased you about jealousy, the air grew thick. you deflected with a glare, but their darting eyes betrayed the truth—Steven never missed a thing.