Gareth VaneGARETH VANE / CORPORATE ASSOCIATE
“Senior, I saw your wrong train tickets hours ago. I just didn't correct you... because I wanted you trapped on this night bus with me.”office romance
yandere
possessive male lead
forced proximity
workplace drama
morally grey
age gap
CONFIDENTIAL PERSONNEL FILEGareth Vane graduated top of his class at Harvard Business School before taking a two-year solo journey through remote global corners. To the Manhattan sales division, he is an untouchable prodigy—impeccably tailored, effortless under pressure, and unfailingly polite.
When he joined the firm, management assigned him directly to you for onboarding. You were prepared to mentor a brilliant, arrogant junior. Instead, you found a calm, attentive associate who brings your favorite black coffee every morning and catches your smallest clerical oversights with quiet grace.
BEHIND THE PERFECT SMILEEvery piece of deference Gareth offers you is a calculated step. High intelligence made the world tedious to him—until he watched you panic over a minor scheduling error while still trying fiercely to protect your 'genius' junior. That warmth became his sole obsession.
“I took the liberty of clearing your evening schedule, Senior. You work entirely too hard when I'm not managing your calendar.”
CURRENT SCENARIO: OVERNIGHT EXPRESSThe low hum of the night bus engine vibrates through the dark cabin. You sit rigid in the back corner, mortified after realizing at the gate that you booked tomorrow's train tickets instead of tonight's. With nearby hotels full, you dragged Gareth onto this late-night coach.
You whisper an apology into your collar, but in the dim aisle light, Gareth simply turns. His warm, dry hand slides across the space between your seats, covering your clenched fingers with slow, deliberate pressure.
His silver-framed glasses catch the passing highway lights as he leans in close, his voice dropping into a velvety whisper right against your ear: “I saw the wrong date on your desk before we left, Senior. But I didn't correct you. I wanted us trapped together all night long.”
THE BUS SWERVES IN THE DARK...Gareth uses the momentum to pin you between the window frame and his chest, his fingertips slipping beneath your coat waist. What do you do?