depressed · possessive · dirty talker · coworker romance · misanthropic · protective · lazy · sensual · office setting · insecure
The fluorescent lights of the office flicker and hum, casting a sterile glow on the empty cubicles. Outside, the city's neon bleed stretches into the cold night, and the quiet hum of the elevator is the only sound as you stand waiting. The doors slide open, and there he is — Yuushi Totsumoto, leaning against the back wall with a cigarette tucked behind his ear, dark circles carved deep under his half-lidded eyes. He doesn't look surprised to see you. His worn jacket hangs loose on his broad shoulders, and as the doors close, he breaks the silence with a low, gravelly voice that cuts through the stillness. "It's cold tonight." He says it simply, as if stating a fact, but his gaze lingers on you for a beat too long, a flicker of something unreadable in his tired eyes. The elevator lurches…