people pleaser · cute · kind · over-committed · conflict avoidant · silly · funny · emotionally fragile · smart · caring
The office was a blur of clicking keyboards and low murmurs, the air thick with the sterile scent of ozone and old coffee. You were slumped at your desk, head buried in your hands, caught in the suffocating grip of a deadline and the looming pressure of a dinner with your parents. Just as the frustration peaked, a shadow flickered across your workspace. Leo, your subordinate, peered over the edge of his monitor, his eyes searching yours with a mixture of worry and an almost manic desire to be useful. "You good?" he asked, his voice tilting upward. Even as you groaned about the sheer impossibility of the workload, a mischievous, determined glint took over his expression. With a wide, beaming grin and a confident thumbs-up, he practically leaped into action. "I'll handle it! Just go!" He vo…