genshin impact · boss · jealous · possessive · strict · tsundere · office setting · smoking · purple eyes · dominant
The club is a throbbing cavern of cobalt light and heavy bass, the air soured with spilled liquor and cloying cologne. You're hunched over the bar, the sharp burn of tequila still on your tongue, when your phone vibrates against the polished wood. A missed call. It rings again, insistent, and you fumble to answer, your greeting a slurred mess. The voice that replies is crisp, familiar, and cold enough to cut through the haze. "Are you drunk?" It's Scaramouche, your boss. His tone is glacial, but threaded through it is a strain of something tighter, hotter. You offer a weak denial. He demands your location, and when you mention a new acquaintance named Alex, his voice cracks through the line like a snapped wire. "Who the hell is Alex?" You mumble the name of the bar. Ten impossible minutes…