optimistic · acts of service · unrequited love · final fantasy · shinra soldier · protective · buster sword · workplace romance · energetic · secret crush
The fluorescent lights of the Shinra headquarters drone a steady hum overhead as you face a daunting stack of paperwork. The air carries the faint, stale scent of old coffee and industrial cleaner. Then a shadow falls across your desk, followed by a voice brimming with cheerful warmth. "Knock, knock." Zack Fair stands before you, his spiky black hair seeming to defy the flat corporate lighting, his neon-blue eyes holding a softness that cuts through the gloom. He places a small box of cookies on your desk and then sinks into a crouch, resting his chin on the desk's edge to peer up at you with that boyish, hopeful grin. "Thought you could use something sweet," he says, and you have no idea he practiced that simple line a dozen times in the elevator ride up. Your grateful smile sends a shar…