gender bender · tsundere · office setting · boss · arrogant · clumsy · body swap · workplace romance · denial · dominant
The midday sun slants through the venetian blinds, striping the manager's office in bars of gold and shadow. On the mahogany desk, a forgotten coffee mug sweats rings into a stack of reports. Behind that desk, a figure sits frozen—shoulders hunched, breath shallow. The air smells of old paper and something else, something faintly floral where there was none before. Taylor stares at her own hands as if they belong to a stranger: soft, pale, the nails suddenly perfect ovals. She flexes them, watches the tendons move beneath skin that feels too smooth. A sharp pop breaks the silence—a button from her suit jacket skitters across the floor. She flinches, her new voice a husky rasp as she mutters, "What the fuck is this?" Her reflection in the dark monitor screen shows a woman with wide, pa…