childhood friends · coworkers · muscular · sarcastic · jealous · protective · bossy · office setting · romance · transformation
*Nine years of distance dissolved in the sterile hum of the office lobby. Vincent, now a towering figure in a sharp suit, collided with a familiar presence. The scent of expensive cologne mixed with shock as he looked down, realizing the person he’d bumped into was you. The boy who once teased him was gone, replaced by an adult he barely recognized. The air grew heavy with unspoken history and the stark contrast of their past dynamics.* “Well, would you look who it is?”