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Office tension, professional boundaries crossed

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Lock the Heavy Door

The friction of her wool skirt against his trousers had the same rhythmic, warning rasp of a serrated blade being drawn from a Kydex sheath.

10 min · 294 views · workplace

June 14th, 4:12 PM

The humidity had turned my notebook into a sponge, but I still wrote down every word he said as if it were a deposition.

41 min · 368 views · workplace affair

Was I Supposed to Pretend I Didn't See You in the Quiet Car?

He was vibrating with the kind of repressed energy you usually only see in a junior associate who’s just realized they missed a filing deadline.

10 min · 509 views · workplace romance

The Service Corridor Behind the Grand Ballroom

The way you handled that laser pointer during the afternoon breakout session should be illegal in at least forty-seven states.

8 min · 699 views · hotel bar

Hold Still

The way your pulse hammered against the skin of your throat through my viewfinder felt like a rhythmic demand for an edit.

35 min · 820 views · workplace

A Small Tin of Tiger Balm

The air in Flagstaff was too thin for the secrets I was trying to keep, every breath dragging the scent of pine and his skin deep into my lungs.

47 min · 1,105 views · mountain retreat

The Professionalism Left the Building Around Three P.M.

His thumb was hooked in my belt loop, dragging the denim just low enough to let the draft hit my hip bone.

13 min · 661 views · bookstore after hours

"You’ve Got Flour on Your Eyelashes"

He leaned in until the heat from his chest radiated through my silk slip, his breath smelling of peppery olive oil and gin.

24 min · 2,998 views · tuscany

October 12th, 4:18 PM

Sophia was vibrating with a controlled, executive fury that usually translated into a hostile takeover, but here it just felt like heat.

17 min · 3,001 views · workplace

Finish Your Drink

The way you’re looking at my collarbone suggests a high-intent audience with a significant budget for bad decisions.

12 min · 3,740 views · workplace

Maya's Keychain

You looked like a problem in that vintage university sweatshirt, specifically the kind of problem I’ve spent ten years trying to solve.

22 min · 628 views · workplace

I Really Thought the Open Bar Would Be the Problem

The humidity in Tulum was a physical weight, like a bad quarterly projection, and you were standing by the mezcal bar looking like a liability.

13 min · 1,253 views · workplace