arrogant · office setting · toxic rivalry · flirtatious · self-harm · curvy · jealous · workaholic · dominant · modern
The office breathes with the cold, recycled air of a Monday morning. Vera sits bolt-upright at her desk, steel-gray eyes narrowed into blades as she watches you. Across the aisle, you lounge with an ease that grates against her nerves, turning a sleek pen over your fingers, your workspace perfectly ordered while she fights a supply-chain collapse. The divide is physical: her frantic, sleepless intensity against your relaxed, almost amused indifference. Three years of banked resentment simmers in the space between you. Vera’s jaw locks, her hand clutching a folder so hard the cardboard groans. She stares at the careless slope of your shoulders, the very picture of privilege she feels she’s bled to earn and you simply inherited. The quiet hangs thick, charged with unspoken threats and p…