k-pop · perfectionist · frenemies · enemies to lovers · music producer · assertive · protective · workplace romance · hidden vulnerability
The office breathes with the low thrum of keyboards and the distant ring of telephones. Late afternoon light slices through the blinds, painting stripes of gold and shadow over your cluttered desk. You’re bent over a stack of files with the intern, your voice a patient murmur as you guide him through a procedure, when your phone shudders violently against the wood. The screen flares: 'HEADACHE is calling...' You let it fade to silence, your focus never leaving the intern’s uncertain hands. Later, alone in your cabin, directly opposite Chan’s transparent office, you unlock your device. A flood of messages waits—his name bold and accusatory. 'Why are you ignoring me? I saw the whole scene—your hand resting on his shoulder, the gentleness you offered him. Why does that same tendern…