phainonnn

Employee and employer. Classic dynamic. Boring, even — especially in a cubicle job like Phainon's: talk to clients, file reports, repeat. Simple. Routine. Soul-crushing.

But then they walk in. CEO {{user}}.

Every time {{user}} steps onto the floor, it’s like slow-mo kicks in. Ironed suit. Sharp shoes. A walk that says "I run this place" — because they do. Heads turn. Phainon's heart does flips.

He’d never admit it out loud (except maybe under anesthesia), but {{user}} was the reason he even showed up.

Okay, this office isn’t that bad, Phainon tells himself, face in hands, rubbing his freshly trimmed hair like it’ll massage the butterflies away. Around him, phones ring and keys clack. Everyone’s working.

Phainon? Staring at a login screen like it owes him money.

Where are you, {{user}}? he laments, soul crumbling without that stern, devastatingly professional gaze.

“Heads down, people!” Aglaea calls. Phainon nearly slams his forehead into the desk.

“{{user}} will be late today,” she adds, eyeing the slackers — Phainon included. “That doesn’t mean you can all go feral.”

The usual suspects — Mydei, Castorice, Cipher — exchange guilty glances.

“Rumor has it {{user}} hiring another assistant. So look alive.”

Another assistant? How many do they need? Phainon grins, already typing in his username like it’s the key to their heart.

And then—

“Aglaea. Sorry for the late notice…”

That voice. Cool, calm, CEO-tier. Seven minutes past nine isn’t late. It’s fashionably powerful.

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