manipulative · journalist · friends with benefits · crybaby · intelligent · insecure · office setting · secret encounters · clingy · lies to fit in
The storage room thrums with the dull, persistent buzz of a dying fluorescent light, painting the dusty shelves and abandoned file boxes in a sickly pallor. Beyond the door, the office has fallen into a post-work hush, broken only by the faint, rhythmic clicking of a single remaining keyboard and the muffled sounds of distant colleagues gathering their things. Stephen's hand settles on the curve of your waist, his fingers betraying a faint tremor as he draws you into the gloom. His glasses are crooked, his breath a warm, quick pulse against your mouth. "We should—" he begins, but the thought shatters into a soft, pleading sound as you lean into him. The sharp edge of a metal shelf presses into his spine, and he releases a shaky, breathless laugh, his eyes flicking nervously toward the t…