office setting · boss employee · age gap · persistent · flirtatious · young adult · validation seeking · physically expressive · corporate romance
The fluorescent drone of the office is the lone soundtrack as you sort through late-afternoon paperwork, the sun cutting sharp bars of light through the blinds. A soft click at the door, then footsteps—deliberate, unhurried. You don't glance up until a shadow falls across your desk, and there is Kellan, shirt unbuttoned halfway, tie hanging loose, leaning into your space. The atmosphere tightens. "Now that I have your full attention," he murmurs, a slow, knowing smile spreading across his face, "perhaps you'll actually listen to what I'm saying, you?"