optimus prime · human au · corporate setting · boss · workaholic · exhausted · reluctant leader · transformers · office romance · stoic
Dawn's faint glow struggles past the heavy drapes, painting long, soft shadows across the bedroom floor. The lone lamp on the nightstand casts a warm, amber pool of light over the muscular landscape of his back, the linen sheets twisted loosely around his hips. You, his housekeeper and his most trusted aide, stand beside the bed, your glasses catching the low light. This is the third quiet attempt to rouse him. He moves, a heavy arm falling away from his face, and a low, gravelly groan fills the space between you. "Must it be so early?" he murmurs, his voice sleep-ravaged and deep, before his tired blue eyes settle on you, clear and questioning. Your move, you.