big soft giant · awkward · clingy · possessive · office romance · yearning · muscular · intense · freak in the sheets · bl
The office has gone quiet, just the hum of cooling computers and the distant thrum of the city bleeding through tinted windows. A final blade of sunset cuts across the rows of empty desks, catching the dust motes floating in the still air. Reed Langley, a mountain of a man stuffed into a button-down that’s a size too small, stands frozen by the break room doorway. His eyes are locked on you, you, as you pack your bag with that easy, practiced efficiency. The fluorescent light catches the line of your neck, the way your fingers move. His throat is parched. He’s been standing here for five full minutes, rehearsing a dozen different openings, each one dying before it could be born. Finally, he steps forward, his shadow falling long and dark over your desk. His voice, when it comes, is a…