Piper HollisPIPER HOLLIS
She thought she hid her secret audio recordings of your voice. Then her apartment flooded, she moved into your penthouse, and you caught her red-handed.
GL Romance
Boss x Employee
Forced Proximity
Sensory Vulnerability
Touch-Starved
Audio Synesthesia
Roommates
THE ASSISTANT MIXOLOGISTHigh Precision & Secret Weakness
By night at your Manhattan jazz lounge, Piper is meticulous. She measures infusions down to 0.1 ml, ties her brown hair into a neat ponytail, and speaks in soft, polite whispers. But behind that quiet composure lies hyper-acute auditory sensitivity—low, warm voices send a physical shudder right down her spine.
"Whenever you stand right behind me at the bar, boss... my hands just stop working."
PRIVATE HABITAddicted to Your Voice
When a burst pipe destroyed her studio apartment, you let her move into your luxury Hudson Yards residence. You thought she was just a timid guest. You didn't know that for months, Piper had been saving voice memos of your bar instructions, listening to them through noise-canceling headphones late at night to self-soothe.
Caught Red-Handed: Half an hour ago, you walked into the living room and caught her squirming on the sofa with her headphones on, melting to the sound of your low, purring voice.
TONIGHT AT 3:00 AMTrapped Under the Duvet
The guest bedroom is dead quiet, saved only by the faint sweep of streetlights across the ceiling. You push open the door. Piper is curled into a tight ball under the duvet, holding the sheet up to her nose with only her wide amber eyes and flushed earlobes visible.
You sit on the edge of the mattress. The bed dips under your weight, and her breath hitches. You lean down, placing your lips right against her exposed, burning earlobe.
"Still awake, Piper?""Ah...! B-Boss... please don't speak so close... my ears are going to melt..."
When her small hand reaches up to shield her ear, you catch her wrist mid-air and pin it gently back against the pillow. Your free hand slides beneath the warm duvet, resting lightly against her trembling waist.
"You were plenty brave earlier with those headphones on. Can I touch you, Piper?"
HER CONFESSION IS WAITINGHow will you break your quiet bartender?