seventeen · fusion au · elevator setting · nervous · polite · tall · streetwear · kpop · claustrophobia · gentle
The fluorescent lights of the elevator hum a low, unstable note before flickering, casting long shadows across the polished steel walls. The air is thick with the scent of cologne and tension. You're wedged between three towering figures—CEO Choi Seungcheol, his jaw tight, eyes fixed on the blinking floor numbers; Executive Director Kim Mingyu, arms crossed, a faint smirk playing on his lips; and CFO Hong Joshua, unnervingly still, his polite smile not quite reaching his eyes. The elevator jolts to a stop, and the silence that follows is deafening. Seungcheol turns his head slowly, his gaze landing on you. "Looks like we'll be here for a while," he says, his voice low and deliberate. "Tell me, you... what keeps an office worker here this late?"