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hope everyone who got a creator subscription notif from me today realizes something deeply unwell and bizarre happened to me in march
#rempe/bedard....just as we all suspected.....#figured out my sharks library au. mario has my old job. pickles has my colleagues job. tytoff is the hot new youth librarian that#mario falls in love with#mack and will are juvenile offenders doing community service#ekky is a library page who cares just enough to do his job but not enough to do it well#klim is a circulation guy who falls in love with everyone#tydel is the other circulation guy who everyone falls in love with#collin and jackt are also library pages but they dont do shit. luca is the college student intern who takes it way too seriously#shak is a volunteer that they mostly make model for all the social media posts due to him being beautiful#wenny is the head of circulation and he's TIRED of his circulation guys that are either in love or beloved#as befitting a real library it is a deeply lopsided branch that is somehow both over and understaffed#warso in the background being the worst manager on planet earth. but we dont talk about him#asky obviously the regular that klim falls in love with OBVIOUSLY#HUGE debate about the ethics of falling in love with a patron. concluding with a message i saw on ala think tank once where a#librarian was like yeah one of my storytime dads asked me to marry him and i said yes :) and the thread was like 95 replies deep#ala think tank....best/worst facebook group i've ever been. librarians will invent discourse no one on planet earth can conceive of#storytime underground was worse somehow but ala think tank was so broad in the amount of insane bullshit they covered on a daily#basis that i'm sure it contributed to my burnout#i remember this one really really annoying member made a post about how they were checking themselves into an inpatient program#and everyone was just like. congratulations. maybe this will make you less obnoxious#librarians can be very kind to be patrons and generally do try to be. but will be RUTHLESS with each other#and why is that? bc we are all mentally ill and our jobs are hell#and i MISS it#anyway pickles is my colleague who had dementia that management could not figure out how to force her to retire#but like less tragic ending than what happened to my colleague WHY DID THE TEMPERATURE JUST DROP LIKE 10 DEGREES IN THIS TRAIN#god i'm gonna get a soda. this is horrendous#anyway. don't work for libraries but also don't not work for libraries#fresno oilers.txt
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Do you make the clothes in the UK or overseas?
I'm US-based so UK would be overseas!
Almost all of the clothes are made in China, except shirts and hats which are printed/embroidered in the US. If you check any item's description in the shop, it'll list where it's from.
#also if you're in the UK sorry but i can't ship there#you can send me a message on Etsy and order that way but it's more expensive#or you can use an international mail forwarding service#next year all intl orders will need to use one because I'm no longer going to take intl orders and i won't use Etsy either#ask#witch vamp
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SLACKINGÂ OFF.
pairing:Â jeon wonwoo x f!reader
genre:Â smut, angst, fluff, coworkers to lovers, friends to lovers
summary: being technologically averse, yet a complete control freak to your core, you tend to annoy senior IT specialist, jeon wonwoo, to no end. but after an apology brings you two closer together, wonwoo finds himself reaching out to you more often than not. on and off slack. despite what you two had originally perceived, you find yourself thrown into feelings that neither of you could've ever prepared for.
warnings: handjobs, fingering, oral (f!recieving), unprotected sex, missionary position, belly bulge, grinding, praise, wonwoo is a service top!!, multiple sex scenes, jerking it in an corporate office bathroom lol, drunk horniness, miscommunication, reader is learning how to open up<3, mutual pining. nsfw (minors / ageless blogs dni).
word count:Â 19.2k
note: hello new ppl, welcome to the first goldenhourology one shot ⨠I've written things in the past, but this is my first really long one shot. the longer it got, the more I stressed out lol. but I've seen a lot of people do this 20k word one shots, so I thought I'd try my hand at it! also idk much about tech, so if I got anything wrong in this, pls ignore it. thank you to anyone who gives this a read!!
in rotation: picture you, chappell roan / dress, taylor swift / valentine, laufey / diamond boy, sza
Some said your late 20s were the last few years of fun before you fully allowed yourself to be an adult, so why were you always drowning in work?
It didnât help that you were an executive assistant in one of the biggest software companies in the U.S. When you took the job, surely, you shouldâve known that youâd be signing up for an exorbitant amount of work, ranging from invoice management, planning travel for your boss, to even research for senior managers. Despite the constant stress you were under, you liked this job. You liked the trust that your boss had in you. You liked that they let you be independent and figure things out on your own.
And when you couldnât ⌠you simply contacted IT.
It helped that a senior IT specialist sat right across from your cubicle.
Jeon Wonwoo wasnât the most talkative cubicle buddy, nor was he the most pleasant. He did his best to give you a smile every once in a while, but he had to fight the urge to throw his head in his hands whenever you send him a message on Slack. You didnât typically need help with anything, except in the area of tech. You were so organized and incredibly smart â it didnât take an idiot to see that â but god forbid, sometimes ⌠you could be so technologically averse.
Maybe he just had too many years of schooling under his belt â he was 28 now with both a Bachelors and Masters in Software Engineering â but you surprised him with some of your requests. Sometimes, youâd delete files by accident, need to renew your subscription to important apps, even locked yourself out of your own computer once. He had interns underneath him that could be available to help you, but you had consistently messaged him. And he sat directly across from you. No matter what, it was always going to be Wonwoo that had to help you. Fate had made sure of that.
There were times that you realized you were bothering him. Either you heard him curse from behind his extremely large monitor or he adjusted his glasses so much that you thought he might break them in half. And to be honest, you liked being in control of your own work, so youâd try to find a solution. Typically, solving your own tech problems left your computer in more disarray.
And there was Wonwoo to save the day yet again.
You [10:58 AM]: Morning, Wonwoo!
You [10:58 AM]: I screwed up
You [10:59 AM]: Boss sent me some documents that were password protected, but heâs away for the next two days and not answering his phone
You [10:59 AM]: So I mightâve downloaded some software to help me unlock it and I think itâs attempting to hack my email as we speak
You [11:01 AM]: Iâm so so sorry! I didnât want to bother you
Jeon Wonwoo [11:01 AM]: Iâll be right over.
Luckily for you, Wonwoo was able to fix the problem and stop your email from getting hacked. Whoever was the owner of that virus-filled program you tried to download didnât gain access to those password-protected documents before Wonwoo secured your computer. But it was close. Too close.
Not only that, but he had a multitude of other projects today. He had to train two new interns ⌠have one of those annual performance reviews with the head of IT ⌠change over a dozen new passwords for people ⌠and then he found out that theyâre changing servers. Which meant everything backed up on their former server had to be transferred over to the new one. Fucking great.
He wasnât sure how many times he sighed today, but it had to be over a hundred. When he couldnât stand to be sitting anymore, he stood up and paced around the third floor of the building. Today felt like the longest day of his life. And there was a mustard stain on his green sweater vest. And he got a shitty haircut a few days ago. And he probably needed new glasses because he was getting headaches.Â
It was time for a coffee. As well as a day off.
Coincidentally, you were also headed to the break room that afternoon in need of a green tea. You were about to walk in when you heard your cubicle mate letting out a frustrated breath while talking to another IT specialist. He was clearly fed up about something, or maybe just tired of this day. You hid next to the doorframe, and just when you thought it was safe to step out, you heard your name fall from his lips.
âI donât understand how she does it,â Wonwoo complained, hands smacking against his sides. âSeriously, itâs mind boggling. Iâm pretty sure she has her Masters in Business Administration, but she does this shit that just makes me ⌠Oh my god, she literally tried to download some faulty software off the internet today, instead of just asking me or someone else for help.âÂ
âOh, yeah, everyone wants to turn to you when you got that attitude, man,â someone â Lee Seokmin, maybe? â joked.
âYou get what a mean.â Wonwoo watched the first couple drips of shitty office coffee fill his cup. âI was able to save her computer, yeah, but it would be nice to avoid an emergency for a day.â
Seokmin slapped him on the back. âThe joys of working in IT.â
You huffed, stalking away from the break room and back to your desk. There was only so much office gossip you could take, especially when it involved you. As soon as you sat down, you finished typing up an email at the loudest volume possible, your fingers basically punching themselves into the keys. You heard Wonwoo slide back into his desk chair, the fresh smell of burnt coffee wafting across to you, and he didnât say a thing. Not that he would ever know you had eavesdropped. But not a âhelloâ or âhow has computer been after this morning?â He went back to work, burning his tongue on the overly hot liquid.
Maybe Wonwoo was right; maybe you did need to just stop overthinking and ask for help instead of figuring stuff out on your own. Or maybe this asshole needed an attitude check.
You decided to not bother him for the rest of the week, complaining to your friends that Friday night about your shithead of a coworker. They said he might be looking out for you in his own fucked up way. You said he might just be an asshole.
Come Monday morning, you had realized your ignoring hadnât effected him at all. He still sent you the same small smile as he walked in and sat down across from you. Could he really not see how pissed you are, or had the facade youâd crafted for so long as the perfect corporate employee work too well?
You should just be upfront with him, take control of the situation. Like always.Â
You [9:44 AM]: I heard you in the break room a few days ago.
You [9:44 AM]: I just didnât want to bother you. Thatâs why I had tried to figure out the issue on my own. Didnât realize that was a crime
Jeon Wonwoo [9:46 AM]: Crap.
Jeon Wonwoo [9:46 AM]: You werenât supposed to hear that.
You [9:47 AM]: Well, I did
Jeon Wonwoo [9:50 AM]: Listen.
Jeon Wonwoo [9:50 AM]: Not that it excuses anything, but thereâs so much going on at work. It wasnât all about you. I was complaining just to complain and I didnât mean any of it.
Jeon Wonwoo [9:50 AM]: Iâm sorry.
You [9:51 AM]: Wow
Jeon Wonwoo [9:51 AM]: What?
You [9:51 AM]: Youâve never come across as someone who can apologize well
Jeon Wonwoo [9:52 AM]: Are you sure you arenât projecting right now? We sit across from each other. Iâve seen how stubborn you are.
You [9:53 AM]: I thought you were apologizing to me????
Jeon Wonwoo [9:56 AM]: Iâm sorry. Again.
You [10:01 AM]: Okay, youâre forgiven
Jeon Wonwoo [10:09 AM]: Can I make it up to you with a coffee?
You didnât go out on dates. The last one you went on was ⌠years ago, probably in undergrad. Once you go for your Masters, all energy to date goes out the window.
Not that this was a date. This certainly was not a date.
This was an apology coffee after work, since the two of you seemed to have an affinity for caffeine at late hours.
Even if, per chance, he thought this was a date ⌠youâd eventually have to let him down easy. It probably wasnât in your best interest to date someone like Jeon Wonwoo, but youâd also closed yourself off from love for far too long. It wasnât that you didnât get lonely â you did, very much, especially on late nights where it was just you and your favorite vibrator â but it was just ⌠scary. Opening yourself up. Losing just a small semblance of control. You werenât even sure you could physically allow yourself to do that after being alone for so long.Â
Your heart had been tucked away so many years ago, locked inside a box, and then in another box, and so on. With the final lock being so complicated that only someone who knew the last four of your social security number could answer. No one was opening up that box. Your heart was safe from the outside world.
You were independent, reliant on only yourself, and you liked it that way.
Once he had gotten both your coffees, he sat down next to you at a hightop table, folding his winter coat over the back of his chair. He had managed to remember your latte order and it tasted perfect. Your eyes flitted up, ogling him for a moment. When youâre not under the fluorescent lights of the office, Wonwoo was ⌠attractive. To say the least. Maybe he always had been and you were too blind to see it. Maybe his face was perpetually hidden by his monitor.
His hair was tousled in the way that it looked effortless, even if he hadnât brushed it after rolling out of bed. He had a tendency to wear sweater vests with white t-shirts underneath, or button-downs with jeans. But it was only when he showed off his forearms that you realized he was surprisingly built underneath his oversized clothes. He was tall and his shoulders were broad. You liked his glasses too; they always sat on the edge of his nose. A thin line was etched into both lenses, suggesting age, but they framed his face well.
Yeah, you thought to yourself, he is handsome.
âWhy are you staring at me?â He asked, knocking you out of your stupor.
You blinked and looked down at your coffee, removing the lid. âOh, I ⌠uh ⌠good question.â
âListen,â he started, eyes flickering to his hands, âIâm really sorry about what I said ââ
âYou donât have to keep apologizing.â
ââ And I understand if you want to go to HR about this ââ
You shook your head. âWait, what? Why would I do that?â
He glanced around, until finally, his eyes were on you again. And suddenly, you were wondering if his eyes were dark brown or the color of cinnamon. âIsnât that what any rational person would do?â
He had you stumped there. If this were a different situation ⌠you probably would do that. âIâm not going to tell HR about this, Wonwoo. You apologized and said you didnât mean it. I have to trust that.â And you didnât trust lightly â hardly at all â but something about Wonwoo made you feel like it could be easy with him.
âWe all have shit days,â you added, taking a sip of the scalding hot latte. âYou have a ton of stuff on your plate. Doesnât give you an excuse for what you did, but we all say things in the heat of the moment that we donât mean. I have so many things to organize throughout the day, and sometimes it gets the better of me. Remember when I had book that last minute trip for our CEO and I was on the phone for hours with Delta and Suzanne in finance had the nerve to start bothering me about some invoice? I lost it on her for a straight minute.â
âOh, my god, yeah,â he chuckled, pinching the bridge of his nose as the memory resurfaced. âHer eyes almost came out of her skull at your reaction. To be fair ⌠Suzanne needs to be knocked down a peg sometimes. She always blames IT when she canât get into her email, but itâs because sheâs constantly typing her password with one letter off.â
You couldnât help but giggle. Your hand hit the tabletop a few times as you let your workplace personality fade in front of your coworker. âThose new IT interns donât know whatâs coming once Suzanne comes for them,â you joked.
âThe IT interns donât know anything. Period.â He jabbed his finger onto the table. âI mean, theyâre interns, but it takes so much time to train them. If I have to teach them JavaScript one more time âŚâ
âSay it, Jeon Wonwoo,â you egged him on, a chuckle filtering at the end. âWhat will happen if you have to teach those good for nothing interns JavaScript?â
A slow smile made itâs way onto Wonwooâs face, and ⌠damn, you were actually a really cool person. âWell,â he cleared his throat, âIâll tell you what will happen âŚâ
Jeon Wonwoo [12:13 PM]: Did you bring lunch today?
Jeon Wonwoo [12:13 PM]: I just found this new cafe down the street and was thinking about grabbing something there in a few. Did you wanna come?
You [12:14 PM]: Do you think they have a chicken salad sandwich on the menu
Jeon Wonwoo [12:15 PM]: I can only assume so?
You [12:15 PM]: SOLD
You both go out for more coffees, before and after work. You found yourself excited to wake up early, to meet up with Wonwoo at the coffee shop located in the lobby of your work building. Always getting there before him, you typically ordered two coffees â remembering his order to a T â and when he walked in five minutes late, he promised to buy the next round. You never let him.
You began planning lunches over Slack, discussing what was on special at that cafe he found last month. In fact, you two talked most of the day on Slack. A message from you had once gotten on his nerves, and now ⌠he was eager for it. Eager to hear your thoughts throughout the day, excited to talk about what new dumb question an intern asked him today or to see more pictures of your grandmaâs cats.
And Wonwoo ⌠Wonwoo was easier to get along with than you thought. You just had to peel back the layers before he finally got comfortable, and honestly, you could relate. To be fair, you had a few more layers than he did, but he was slowly learning that you were more than what he perceived. After that first coffee, he realized how funny you were, and then a couple lunches later, he learned you were an avid romance and thriller reader â and nothing in between. It wasnât until last week that he finally cracked you open enough to learn about your love for Elder Scrolls Online. He was sure you were joking at first, but when you clarified how serious you were, he almost fell off his chair.
âIâm not shocked that you play it,â he said over coffee one morning. âWhat Iâm shocked at is that youâd rather play Elder Scrolls Online and not Skyrim.â
âOf course, you would say that,â you replied, rolling your eyes. âI donât really have an interest in the game universe. I started playing Elder Scrolls Online to relieve stress while applying to colleges, and then I just ⌠didnât stop.â You shrugged.
Much to his own surprise â even with your take on Skyrim â Wonwoo thoroughly enjoyed your company. It was insane that you both had spent almost two years sitting across from each other before realizing how much you liked each other. Words always left unsaid. Eyes staying glued to computers. It had been a routine for you both that you had never strayed from â until now. So many tech requests over Slack ⌠and now he was actively looking forward to work everyday. To seeing you. To talking with you.Â
You.
Jeon Wonwoo realized how much he liked stockings. Specifically, he liked the way you looked in them.
And thatâs when things got dangerous.
He started to notice the days you would wear them, and then concluded which day you did laundry. You liked wearing blouses with a pencil skirt and stockings on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Those were now his favorite days.Â
Wednesdays youâd wear dress pants and maybe a sweater, whereas on âCasual Fridays,â you were clad in a t-shirt with a cardigan layered and jeans. You always looked nice at the office, but those stocking days ⌠they were getting to him.
Sometimes, heâd watch the way you walked away from your desk â either to the Bossâ office or to the finance department â and he couldnât help but let his eyes trail down your legs. You had these stockings that had a slight tear in the back, and he wondered if you realized, or was he just too much of a perverted loser to be the first person to notice? He wanted to purchase a new pair for you. He wanted to replace all your stockings and buy you enough that you could wear them with a skirt everyday, just so he could see you in them.
Maybe he was a loser.
You looked up at him, even in heels, and you had this way of smiling at him that left him questioning why you liked hanging out with him in the first place. His personality couldnât be that charming to warrant your attention. But you were warm â even when your hands were perpetually cold â and kind, never straying once he was in front of you. And you had this lip gloss that stained your lips magenta and made them shine. Even in the dim fluorescent lights. When his chair turned just slightly and he let his eyes glaze over you, one finger rubbing at his top lip, he couldnât help but be curious if the gloss had a flavor to it ⌠and then, heâd get distracted by your legs again. And your blouse, and your hair.Â
Donât even get him started on the way you smelled.
Maybe he was a loser. No, he was most definitely a loser.Â
It was a Thursday night. Almost 7 PM and you were still at the office. You had plans to go out tonight to celebrate your friendâs new job, but you ended up having to cancel when the Boss placed a stack of paperwork on your desk before leaving the building at promptly 6 oâclock. Why he couldnât have given you all these invoices and memos hours ago was beyond you, but you werenât even halfway through this stack and the janitor was now mopping beside you.
When a Slack notification appeared on the side of your monitor, you didnât even read it before spinning around in your chair. There Wonwoo was, leaning back in his own chair while a progress window ticked on one of his dual monitors. You raised a brow. âI didnât even hear you over there,â you commented. âWhy are you still here?â
âA month or so ago, the IT head told me that weâd soon be transitioning servers, so all of our backups and data need to be transferred over to this new server.â He explained, adjusting his glasses and glancing over at the progress window. It changed from 23% to 24% finished. âSomeone had to be the lucky person to stay after hours and make sure it all went smoothly.â
You twirled a pen in your two fingers and crossed your legs. âOh, that sucks.â Your skirt hiked up a little, and just that small flash of exposed skin had Wonwoo averting his eyes.
âYeah,â he said, clearing his throat. âIâm assuming youâre still here because of that.â He nodded towards the pile of paper.
âNo, no, obviously I love being here after hours with you,â you replied, sarcasm dripping from your tone, but it still ignited a short spark of hope within him. (Wonwoo, can you chill the fuck out? He chastised.) âYou know the Boss has a penchant for letting invoices pile up. He just so happened to let that pile end up on my desk before he left today. And some of these needed to be filled out âŚâ Your eyes skimmed the first paper on your desk. âOh, yesterday!â
Wonwoo offered to help you while also keeping watch of his computer â 28% finished â but you insisted you could handle it. âI already bother you enough during work hours,â you said before turning back to your desk. He knew by now that you were simply too stubborn to give up control of the project. Once you had started it yourself, you needed to see it through. He wasnât sure if you two were close enough that he could be completely honest, that he could tell you that it was fine to let go this independence that you kept on a tight leash. He was willing to help. (God, was he willing.)Â
But he chocked it up to telling you once that you were âso fucking stubborn.â
Your reply had come in the form of a swift kick to his knee.
Wonwoo glanced at his monitor. 67% finished.
It was 10 PM and you were just about finished with the paperwork, but you were running on fumes. Just a few memos left and youâd be done. To get you through the next hour, you needed something. So you headed to the break room, suddenly craving some burnt workplace coffee. (What was it about this coffee maker that gave it such a distinct burnt flavor? Youâd never know.) After placing the pod of coffee grounds in the slot and filling the water, you pressed the start button, turning around with a huff to see Wonwoo striding into the break room. A crushed, styrofoam coffee cup was clutched in his large hand before he tossed it in the barrel beside you.Â
âHowâs your transfer going?â You asked, crossing your arms over your chest. Coffee had started to pour from the machine and into your cup.
He rubbed the back of his neck. âItâs at 88% now. Hopefully should be done in the next hour.â
âMe too, if all goes well.â A sigh escaped your lips. âI still have a few more papers to fill out. Shouldnât take me more than an hour, but I havenât looked through them all yet.â
Wonwoo stepped forward, reaching in the direction of the styrofoam cups. âIf you had let me help you ââ
You tried sidestepping out of the way to give him some room, but his hand brushed against your arm anyway. Your chin tilted up as your eyes met his, back pressing against the counter. âIt wouldnât have helped,â you finished for him.
His arm paused mid-air, and he looked down at you. Eyes narrowing, he replied, âYouâre one of the most stubborn people Iâve ever met. You have this desperate need to be in control of everything.â
âAnd why is that a bad thing?â Your tone took a hard edge. The last thing you wanted right now was to put effort into arguing, but you were tired and already on the edge of a breakdown. âIâve relied on myself for as long as I can remember. I like being in control. I like being stubborn. If I didnât do most things myself ââ
âYou ask me to fix something on your computer at least once a day.â
âThatâs different.â
âYouâre right,â he agreed, and you noticed then just how close he was. Your chests were practically touching. âSometimes you do try to figure things out yourself and almost break your hard drive.â
His progress window was probably at 93% finished now. He should head back to his desk, but his feet stayed planted right where they were.
âWhy does it matter?â You exhaled loud, your hands slapping against your hips. âDo you want an award or something? You have your way of doing things, and I have mine. Iâm not perfect, but I ⌠I like things the way they are.â Change is scary, you thought to yourself, but didnât dare voice it out loud.
He was so close that he could smell your perfume. The scent of lavender mixed with orange blossoms and vanilla filled his nostrils, swirling around his brain. He could get addicted to this smell, to you. Maybe he already was. When his eyes roamed down to your legs and he saw his favorite pair of stockings on you, he damn near collapsed. In fact, he hadnât even realized the soft groan had left his lips until your gaze found his, your pretty irises growing wide.
You were just so ⌠captivating.
His hands were on both sides of you, pressing your back further into the counter. Your black coffee steaming and fully abandoned in the coffee machine. He was holding himself back, his knuckles going white with restraint. But he wasnât like you. He could only keep himself in control for so long. And with you here right now, your perfume surrounding him, your stockings-clad thigh brushing against his leg, your a hand placed on his chest ⌠he was a goner.
âWonwoo,â you whispered, palm still resting on his shirt, âwe âŚâ
When your voice trailed off, Wonwooâs instincts got the better of him. âPlease, just âŚâ One hand came up to smooth against your cheek, and he was almost out of breath as he pulled your face to his. âLet me do this.â
He gave you enough time to shove him back, to yell at him, to tell him you didnât like him in that way. But your neck was craning towards his, and he took that as a sign to crash his lips onto yours. They were softer than he expected, and the taste ⌠your gloss tasted like â well, like nothing. But if he pretended, he couldâve sworn there was a slight cherry aftertaste. His glasses bumped into your nose, but heâd been too overwhelmed to remember to take them off. Mouth moving against yours, his hips crammed you more against the counter, hard enough to leave a bruise on your spine. You didnât care though. His shoulders were so wide that they shielded you, inviting your body into his, and your fingers fisted into his button-up. Tongues tangled, eager to taste more and more of each other.Â
Wonwoo could kiss you forever. You didnât want him to stop.
But all good things must end. Because when he instinctively placed his leg between yours, he knew this was going too far. Especially because you two were still at work. In the break room.
He instantly removed his leg, his lips breaking from yours. Your eyes connected, the room filled with only the sounds of heavy breathing, before you wiped a trail of spit from your chin.
Wonwooâs head spun behind him. Thank god, there was no CCTV camera by the coffee maker.
Jeon Wonwoo [9:09 AM]: Good morning.
Jeon Wonwoo [9:09 AM]: I shouldnât have done that last night.
Jeon Wonwoo [9:10 AM]: Still friends?
You [9:14 AM]: We probably shouldnât be talking about this on Slack
You [9:15 AM]: Hereâs my number: 855-777-0821
You [9:18 AM]: But yes friends :D
Wonwoo did not want to be just friends. But he was utterly terrified of what you would say if he voiced that. You had kissed him back, yes, but ⌠hadnât you agreed to be friends far too quickly? You had both hung out post-kiss â he liked to call this period of time A.T.K. (after the kiss) â and you didnât seem to be ruminating on it like he was. Of course, he didnât know what you were thinking, and you could be so hard to read sometimes when your layers werenât stripped back enough. But âŚ
Could it really have meant nothing to you?
If that were the case, he didnât know how it was possible for you. He couldnât stop thinking about the kiss even if he tried. When he saw you the next day â Friday, January 9, A.T.K. â the first thing he noticed was your lip gloss and all he wanted was to have it smeared over his mouth again. He noticed the way your hair fell over your shoulder, remembering how soft the strands felt when his fingers had slipped between them. He noticed that you were wearing those jeans that hugged your ass just right, and â god, now he was wishing that he had touched more than just your cheek. Wonwoo wanted to touch you everywhere. And vice versa. He didnât care if your hands were constantly freezing or if they were dry during the winter. He wanted you to touch him however you pleased. He wanted to grab you and kiss you and hold those cold hands in his warm ones â
Oh, my god. He had a boner. At work. Just the mere memory of a kiss had him shifting himself in his pants underneath his desk, hoping no one noticed.
Eventually, he stood up, trying to keep a casual hand over the bulge in his pants as he fast walked to the bathroom. Nobody batted an eye, but you did steal a glance over at him once his back was turned. Your brow raised at the way he was practically sprinting for the elevator, not realizing that he was heading for the second floor restrooms. He must be excited for something. Probably a package, you thought before turning back to your computer.
Wonwoo felt like he could finally breathe once he was inside a stall. He rested his head against the cool tile wall, feeling the ache start to settle in his groin. He couldnât remember the last time he felt this way. What 28-year-old gets a boner from a kiss? You had him acting like a goddamn teenager.
What had you done to him? Just one kiss and he was completely under your spell.
(Or maybe heâd been this way all along.)
His fingers fumbled with the zipper on his jeans as he finally pulled himself out of his jeans, stroking from base to tip. Thankfully, no one was in the bathroom. He couldnât believe his life had come to this. The last thing he ever wanted was to be that guy who jacked off in the bathroom. But you had to wear those goddamn jeans â
Wonwoo wasnât good at hiding his feelings, but he was doing a pretty good job even as this was killing him inside. He wasnât like you; he found it hard to restrain himself, to ignore everything that was bubbling up inside him. He could feel himself cracking. What would be the thing that finally broke him?
The answer was simple: alcohol.
Lee Seokmin [11:26 AM]: Dude lol. Whyâd you run away from your desk like that
Lee Seokmin [11:26 AM]: I think you could win the Olympics with that kind of sprint!
Jeon Wonwoo [11:39 AM]: Donât ask.
Lee Seokmin [11:40 AM]: Alrighty then ;)
Lee Seokmin [11:41 AM]: On another note ⌠you free next Thursday? My buddy in the marketing department, Josh, finally has a night off from his kid so we were thinking of getting a group together for drinks after work. Interested?
The last thing you ever expected was to be invited to drinks with Seokmin and some of the managers in marketing, but Wonwoo said you should come. âIn fact,â he had clarified, âyou should come so I donât have to deal with DKâs drunk antics all night.â Who were you to deprive him of your presence when he was that desperate? Plus, there was a nice girl in marketing that was also invited; maybe tonight was the night to befriend her.
But the marketing people knew how to party. You were only halfway through your second beer whereas the rest of your group was on their fourth. And three tequila shots deep. Wonwoo, seemingly, had an affinity for tequila, unlike yourself. He was able to throw them back like it was nothing; he didnât even need a chaser. When Seokmin had requested they all get a fourth, he was met with a round of cheers, and even Wonwoo â quiet, introverted Wonwoo â threw his hands up with excitement. You placed a hand on his shoulder, whispering in his ear, âAre you sure about that?â
Wonwoo felt his whole body freeze when your hot breath reached his ear. A pale, pink flush appeared on his cheeks, but you chocked it up to how drunk he was. Eventually, he waved away your worry with his hand. âIâm fiiiiiiiiine. Hey, how about I get you another beer?â
âAre you even coherent enough to get me another ââ
âHEY! Bartender! Can I get one more of these?!â He shouted, waving your empty glass in the air. âOh, and more tequila!â
Seokmin slapped a hand on his friendâs shoulder, laughing along with him. As you made friends with the rest of the marketing department, you found yourself glancing at Wonwoo every so often. His cheeks were so rosy now, and his glasses kept slipping down his nose. To be fair though, everyone in this dive bar seemed to be in the same state of mind. Seokmin was singing along to the Sabrina Carpenter song blasting through the speakers. Josh was so drunk that he was crying about how much he loved his friends. They had even gotten Suzanne in finance to come out, and she was making friends with everyone for once. And Wonwoo ⌠oh, god, Wonwooâs head was now on the bar top and he was closing his eyes â
You abandoned your beer and walked over to your friend, shaking his shoulders. His eyes instantly opened, expecting to see Seokmin, but when his gaze met yours, he instantly felt all warm and fuzzy. âOkay,â you said, trying your best to hoist this 6 foot man off the barstool, âyouâve had enough. Iâm taking you home.â
It was like pulling teeth to get him to tell you his address, but you guessed you shouldnât be surprised when the man on your arm was blackout drunk. After flagging a taxi, you shoved him in the seat next to you and rubbed your hands together to get them warm. Wonwooâs head was on your shoulder the second you sat down, his eyes fluttering closed as the taxi sped off into the night. You watched his fingers twitch on his thigh as he whispered sleepily, âI think my family would really like you.â
âIs that so?â You chuckled, squeezing his arm for reassurance, but little did you know just how much your touch effected him. âWhyâs that?â
âBecause youâre you,â he replied, and then yawned. âOnly you and Mingyu would do this for me.â
Your brow furrowed. âWhoâs Mingyu?â
The taxi pulled up to a brick apartment building then, and your cold fingers struggled to get cash out from your pocket while Wonwoo was practically laying on top of you. Finally, you did your best to haul him out of the seat, thanking the taxi driver before gathering an arm around Wonwooâs shoulders. The building was definitely old with vines of ivy crawling up one side. There was a dead tree with snow covering itâs branches directly by the door, spilling snowflakes on your head as you struggled to input the code Wonwoo managed to remember. And then, you were pulling him up two flights of stairs, which took far longer than you estimated. You had basically ripped his keys from his hand once you reached his apartment and continued to drag him inside, laying him on the old couch that was conveniently right near the door.
Wonwoo grumbled as soon as his head hit the armrest, and he almost fell off the couch if it werenât for you catching him and rolling him back onto the cushion. âIâm going to go get you a glass of water,â you said, quickly rushing off to his kitchen. âPlease, for the love of god, donât fall off the couch again.â
He whined for you to come back, but you pretended you didnât hear it, because if you did, youâd have to reckon with the tingle that bloomed between your legs at the sound of his desperation.
The entrance of his kitchen was right in front of a small hallway that sectioned off two ways. There was a bedroom door on each side of the hall, and once you walked inside the kitchen, you found a tiny table from the 80s and the dishwasher currently running. You didnât have time to contemplate that now, and instead pilfered through his cabinets until you found a glass and filled it with tap water. Rushing back to his side, Wonwoo was already laying halfway off the couch and you sighed.
You set the glass of water on his coffee table and lifted him back up. With a little bit of help from you, you both managed to shrug off his winter jacket and you tucked a throw blanket over him to prevent him from falling off again. A heavy exhale slipped past your lips as you knelt by his side, and you couldnât help but reach out to pushed back his hair from his forehead. His eyes were closed, but you knew he wasnât sleeping. You smiled to yourself.
Were coworkers supposed to show this much affection for each other?
âWonwoo,â you said softly, and he cracked one eye open. âDo you want some water?â
He shut that eye again, grimacing at the thought of anything entering his body right now. âAbâŚabsolutely not.â
âItâll make you feel better,â you persuaded, but he still shook his head. âOkay, so what do you want right now?â
His breath stilled for a moment. âCan I be honest?â
âThatâs never stopped you before.â
âI âŚâ No, he couldnât be that honest. âI want you to ⌠keep pâpushing back my hair. Itâs ⌠relaxing.â
You chuckled, âOkay, you got it.â Your fingers were at the crown of his head again, smoothing back the strands. You hadnât noticed until now that he had a freckle on the left side of his forehead; maybe youâd just never been this close to notice. Well, actually, you had. There was this thing you two did called a kiss â
âIf youâre going to fall asleep, Iâm going to take off your glasses,â you informed him, slipping his glasses off and setting them by his glass of water. It was late, much later than you anticipated on staying out, and you both still had to go to work tomorrow.Â
But then his hand was grabbing your wrist, his grip surprisingly firm for how intoxicated he was. âCan I bâbe honest again?â He slurred, his eyes half open to meet yours.
You sighed, placing your hand on top of his, thumb brushing over his knuckles. âJust know whatever you say will be used to make fun of you tomorrow ââ
âI canât ⌠I havenât âŚâ He took a breath to formulate the words in his head. â⌠Stopped thinking about our kiss.â
You blinked down at him, watching the way his eyes began to close again as he relaxed into the old couch cushions. âYou canât just say shit like ââ
He scoffed dramatically. âIâm noooot,â he defended, his hand slipping off your wrist to curl underneath the blanket.
âWonwoo âŚâ Your voice trailed off, the words dying on your tongue.
âWho the hell are you?â
You immediately got to your feet at the sound of another personâs voice behind you. Eyes growing wide, you took in the sight of the man in front of you wearing nothing but a towel around his waist, droplets of water trailing down his chiseled abdomen as he shook a smaller towel through his hair. He mightâve been taller than Wonwoo, only by a little bit, and his skin was a golden tan that reminded you of summertime even in this harsh winter. Why was Wonwoo hiding handsome men in his apartment? The man looked at you, waiting for an answer, his brows raised.
âOh,â you cleared your throat. âUm âŚâ
âLeave her alone, Mingyu,â Wonwoo groaned from the couch, turning away from them to lay on his side.
So this was Mingyu, you concluded. This slightly god-like dude that looked like he walked straight out of a porno was the only other person whoâd help Wonwoo when he was blackout drunk. Interesting.
Mingyu raised his hand awkwardly for you to shake. âHis roommate,â he clarified.
âOh,â you replied, grasping his hand for a moment and telling him your name.Â
Mingyu instantly grinned, laying the small towel over his neck, holding both ends. âSo youâre her.â
You blinked, not knowing how to respond to that. Perhaps there was no way to respond; the silence was comfortable enough. You decided to keep that in mind for later though.
âHeâs ⌠well, he got very drunk,â you informed Mingyu, gesturing to a now-sleeping Wonwoo with both thumbs. âI wanted to make sure he got home okay.â
Mingyu nodded, and then sighed. âIâll take care of him. Donât worry,â he promised, opening up the door for you. âGet home safe, okay?â
Wonwoo: Sorry about that the other night. I wonât get drunk like that again. It doesnât happen very often
You: itâs okay! Iâm used to handling drunk people
You: donât get me wrong, I like to have my fun but itâs easier for me to take care of other people than like ⌠be incoherent and anxious lol
Wonwoo: By the end of the night I was starting to feel that way. Not fun
You: DRINK WATER
You: your roommate is hot btw. does he always walk around without a shirt?
Wonwoo: Of course, he didnât have a shirt on when you met him
Wonwoo: Everyone likes Mingyu
You: well, I like you [UNSENT]
The bi-annual sales meeting was started to boost morale and talk with other departments that you didnât see as often. It was typically held at a hotel in the downtown city, with the company flying in all the sales reps from across the country. There were even a few from overseas. In reality though, this was usually the week where coworkers made mistakes. At least one person was let go after these sales meetings, and HR had their eyes peeled for an entire week.
You never made a mistake at one of these. And you didnât expect to any time soon.
This was a week of rubbing elbows with slimy sales reps and making sure some old man hadnât spiked your drink. For most, this was a week to slack off, but a woman working in corporate couldnât relax in these settings. Youâd been making corrections to your bossâ presentation for the entire company for what felt like forever. (Realistically, itâd been almost two weeks.) You probably went through the 50 slides at least twice as much, checking for spelling mistakes and making sure it was in the right place on your desktop. Not on some random external hard drive. Not in the trash.Â
But it was finally the day youâd been dreading. Presentation day, and everyone at the company was eager to hear the Boss reveal if they hit their goal for the year, amongst other things. You checked the slides another time, and then made sure no one would trip over the HDMI cord connected to the projector. The Boss gave you a reassuring smile, and then it was go time.
Your boss could be a shit bag â what CEO wasnât? â but he had a way of speaking that made everyone so excited for the future. He was probably the reason why morale was always so high, and everyone looked forward to his presentation at these meetings. Your finger hovered over the right arrow button as he went through his speech, pointing out company statistics and what he wanted them all to accomplish this year, before finally getting to the goal reach. And his answer was nothing short of what the audience wanted to hear. He congratulated all of them, and everyone clapped together at the good news.
When you looked out at the crowd that had gathered, you realized almost every seat in the ballroom was filled. Some were even standing near the door and â wait, there was Wonwoo, leaning against the wall in the back. IT didnât need to be here for this presentation. In fact, they were encouraged to be doing other things, like manning a table near HR and offering on-the-spot tech help. A smile made itâs way to your lips, watching the way Wonwoo was listening intently.
Once the presentation was over and the room erupted in small talk, your boss came over and thanked you for helping out yet again. âOf course,â you replied, as if there was anything else to say. He gave you a comforting squeeze of the hand before walking off to talk to some of his favorite sales reps.
As you shut your laptop and began to place your things in your backpack, Wonwoo slipped into the chair beside yours. Just the sight of his grin set you at ease, but also made you nervous at the same time. Why were you suddenly so nervous? This was just Wonwoo.
Just Wonwoo. Just Wonwoo. Just ⌠your Wonwoo.
âCongratulations,â he beamed, giving you a high five. âI know youâve been working on this all week, but you did it!â
You always stressed so much about this presentation, but at the end of the day ⌠âAll I did was press a button,â you shrugged.
Wonwoo rolled his eyes. âWell, yeah, but you didnât accidentally delete your file like every other time youâve messaged me on Slack.â He chuckled, and you scoffed at his teasing. âIâd call that a win.â
The second to last night of sales meeting week was the longest night of the year. It was a tradition for everyone to go out to a bar the company rented out, drinking whatever alcohol they could get their hands on while celebrating a job well done. You only saw half these people twice a year, and half of the time theyâd have a beer in their hands.Â
You did your best to ignore every sales rep that tried to speak with you without slurring their words, but that was damn near impossible when some were already on their second cocktail. However, no matter how embarrassing it was, you did allow them to compliment you and your hard work. Who were you to turn down the validation? And when the time came, even your boss came over to compliment you again, and you realized there was truly nothing like being good at your job.Â
Just for a moment, everything felt okay. It was like the loneliness dissipated, the sting of years without pleasure or having someone by your side ⌠it all faded when you were rewarded for your hard work.
Maybe tonight was the night you had fun for once.
When you finally found Wonwoo later that night, he was surrounded by a few younger members of the IT team, debating what computer language everyone should be obligated to learn. You waved to him from where you stood by the bar top, and that was all it took to have him walking away from his team and towards you. He wrapped one arm around your shoulders, insisting to buy you drinks for the rest of the night, and you didnât hesitate to agree. If there was anyone here you trusted enough to hand you a drink, it was Wonwoo.
Just Wonwoo.
The hour was reaching midnight now, and you werenât sure how many martinis you had, but you were hiccuping a storm. That was a telltale sign that you were totally, thoroughly drunk. Wonwoo was only drinking beer and pacing himself, unlike that night at the dive bar, but he was enjoying the sight of you finally letting loose. You hung on his arm, staring up at him with your big eyes, glazing over from all the alcohol coursing through your system. He didnât like how this effected him; he shouldnât be attracted to the way your gaze looked while you were intoxicated. But he couldnât help but wonder if your eyes held the same shine while your lips were wrapped around his â
No, this was too much. He should take you back to the hotel.
The two of you glanced around the bar, realizing it was mostly cleared out. You definitely needed to leave now.
He tugged on your arm, wrapping one of his around your waist to support you. âCâmon now,â he grunted, helping you walk out. âLetâs get you back.â
âI didnât fâfinish my drink thoooooough,â you argued, despite letting him lead you out of the bar. âAnd I can walk ⌠on my own. Swear!â
âListen, you took care of me once,â he said as you two walked into the brisk cold air. The hotel was, thankfully, only a block away. âLet me take care of you.â
Even with the alcohol pumping in your veins, just the sound of those words falling from his mouth made you grip him tighter. You felt like your bones were made of jelly, and it wasnât just from the vodka. It was him, and the way he made you feel, and how secretly warm he was, and the way he took care of you as you took care of him, and â oh, god, you wanted to cry because you liked Jeon Wonwoo so much.
So, so much.
It was much easier to get you back to your hotel room than his apartment, seeing as this hotel had a working elevator. You slumped beside him, tripping over your feet every so often, as he hauled you down the hallway to your room. You gave him your keycard easily, and once the door was open, he squeezed your hand to silently let you know it was time to move again. He helped you into the room, shutting the door behind him, before laying you down on your bed with the clumsiness only he could have.Â
You were laughing now, hiccuping from the alcohol, but laughing nonetheless. And he was laughing at your hiccups. Or maybe he just liked the way you grinned at him.
He assisted with taking off your boots and jacket, too embarrassed to remove anything else. And it definitely wasnât appropriate to either. Tearing back the covers, he nestled you underneath them, and said, âYou got everything, right? Iâm a call away if you need me.â He grabbed one of the small trash cans in the room and placed it at your bedside. âIf you need to vomit and canât make it to the bathroom, just use the trash can here ââ
You hand came out to wrap around his forearm. âStay, Wonwoo.â
Your sleepy eyes were killing him, making his inhibitions melt and his cock throb at the same time. He sighed, sitting on the side of the mattress, and before he could stop himself, he was tucking hair behind your ear. âYou know I canât do that,â he said, his voice like a caress. âYou know how it would look if someone saw me leave this room tomorrow morning. HR is on all our asses this week.â
âI know,â you slurred, and then pressed your flushed cheek into his palm. âI jâjust thought you ⌠were taking care of me thoooooooough âŚâ
His resolve crumbled into a million pieces. This was complete, utter torture. You had to know how you effected him, but of course you didnât, because you were stretching under the covers and yawning like you didnât just make his heart stop.Â
Thatâs how he ended up in your bed, shutting off the lights and settling underneath the comforter. Until you came closer and rested your head on his chest. Despite how fast his heart was beating, he felt so at peace, and you both fell asleep in the clothes you wore out tonight.
Only a few hours later, you woke with a clear head and the beginning of a hangover. Your head was pounding like crazy, and it took everything in you to slip out from the comfort of your bed and pad your feet over to the bathroom. The bright light was burning your eyes, but you needed it to find the Tylenol you left by the sink. Filling a cup with water, you took the medication and prayed it worked sooner rather than later.
You squinted at yourself in the mirror, realizing you were still in the outfit you wore yesterday. With a sigh, you picked up the big t-shirt you left on the floor yesterday morning and stripped yourself until you were in nothing but your underwear. You pulled the t-shirt on and slumped against the wall, pressing your forehead against the cold tile. Now this felt like heaven for your headache.
It took a couple of minutes to get yourself to move again, feet slapping against the floor as you walked out of the bathroom. You noticed Wonwoo was awake too, in the midst of slinking back under the covers, and you saw his jeans abandoned by his bedside.You crawled back to your cocoon of blankets, and he instantly wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you against his chest. And you ⌠you didnât move away. In fact, you pressed yourself closer, finally hearing how his heart raced. Wonwoo didnât care if it was probably 4 AM and he probably had to leave in a few hours â before anyone else woke â because he was holding you and smelling you hair. You smelled ⌠god, you smelled so good that it made him hard almost instantly.
You felt his hand splay against your spine, as if trying to hold himself back, and it was then that your eyes opened. The room was dark, but you knew when his gaze was burning into yours only seconds later. You slipped one hand out from the covers, cupping his cheek as your thumb brushed over his lower lip. Under his breath, he muttered a soft, âShit,â because you both knew where this was going.
You agreed you wouldnât do this again. You agreed to be friends.
But now youâre kissing again.
Your hand moved from his face to his neck, and his hands are gripping your cheeks to make sure your mouth stayed on his. His fingers were shaking. He kissed you desperately, as if he needed this just to be able to breathe again, and maybe he did. You were like putty in his hands, molding yourself to his body as your tongue tangled with his. Whatever ache you felt in your temples drifted between your legs, causing you to moan into his mouth. And fuck, just the sound of you made his cock swell, precum soaking through his boxers.
The room felt so hot all of a sudden, but your cold hands came in handy as they rested on his neck. His left hand slid down to your ass, finally giving it a firm squeeze after kicking himself for not doing it when he first kissed you. That made you moan again, and he decided heâd never stop touching you like this, just so he could hear these sounds fall from your lips.
He slid his knee between your legs on instinct, and you didnât hesitate to start grinding against his thigh. The friction felt delicious and soothing. You both kissed each other slower, a little messier, focusing on touching each other everywhere you dreamed about all these months. Your fingers traced down the column of his neck, down the thin cotton of the shirt he was still wearing from yesterday, while bucking against his thigh. His lips left yours, dragging across your cheek so he could nibble on your earlobe, feeling it grow warm and red from all the attention. âYou have no idea how long Iâve needed you,â he whispered, and you damn near almost came from that confession.
You werenât used to this; you couldnât remember the last time you experienced pleasure like this with someone, but you couldnât imagine stopping. Not when he angled his thigh just right, the muscle in his leg rubbing against your clit, your panties completely soaked. You cupped him over his boxers, feeling his bulge throb in your palm, and you cooed, âCan I âŚâ
He groaned. You didnât need to say more; Wonwoo was smart enough to know what you were insinuating. He felt disoriented, drunk off of you and your touch, smell, everything. âAre you ⌠are you sure you donât want to âŚâ His voice was giving out, but from the way your fingers were slipping under the waistband of his boxers, you knew you wanted just this, and heâd give you whatever you wanted. âYes. Yes, of course. Thatâs fine,â he finished.
You chuckled softly. He smiled against your neck. Pulling his cock out and wrapping your palm around it, you began to stroke him slowly. âOh, god,â he was sighing into the crook of your neck, his brain in such a state of disarray when you resumed grinding against his leg while also pumping him from base to tip. This couldnât be real; he had to be dreaming, but he could feel your wet panties sticking to his thigh. He could feel himself shake as he clung to you and pressed sloppy, wet kisses to your throat. It was all too much, but not enough at the same time.Â
âWonwoo,â you whimpered, and he dragged his lips back to yours just to feel how your mouth moved when you said his name. You bucked your hips faster, your arousal coating his thigh, and warmth bloomed between your legs. When your hand on his cock reached his head again, you rubbed the pad of your thumb over his slit, making more precum bead onto your knuckles. âWanna cum with you,â you begged, stroking him faster and in time with your hips.
âI know you do, I know,â he breathed against your lips. âJust a little faster ⌠yes, just like that. Fuck.â
Only a moment later were you trembling, hips stuttering as pleasure took over your body. You came hard, squeezing his thigh between your legs, and your cry was swallowed by Wonwooâs lips. If he didnât kiss you, he knew heâd moan so loud it would wake the entire hotel. Because â oh, god, he was cumming now, and he was sighing against your mouth as he erupted in your hand, ropes of cum staining your t-shirt. He couldâve swore he saw white. Heâd never felt a release like this before; not with anyone else. Not even when he jerked off. But maybe it was because this was your hand and you were cumming on his leg, and fuck â
You were still shaking in each otherâs arms, minds blank and reeling, bodies coming down from the high. It took the kind of strength that moved mountains to slip from his arms and clean yourself up. But by the time you came back from the bathroom and cuddled up next to him, Wonwoo was already fast asleep.
Jeon Wonwoo [6:08 AM]: I had to leave early this morning before anyone woke. But if you want, Iâd like to see you at breakfast this morning :)
You [7:31 AM]: Jeon Wonwoo, Iâm begging you to just text this to me
You [7:31 AM]: Also, was your phone hacked? Since when do you use emojis?
There wasnât much to do on the last day of sales meeting week. The only things on your plate were to make niceties with some of the new reps, and probably attend a few presentations by HR. When you had finally woken up this morning to just you in the bed, you almost considered skipping the HR presentations, feeling too guilty and like they might see right through you. It was irrational, but you were sure that this was the only way to feel after realizing that you hooked up with your coworker and friend.Â
Not that you hadnât wanted to. Not that you hadnât been thinking about it since your kiss. No, it wasnât like that at all.
So why were suddenly terrified to see him at breakfast?
You got ready as quick as you could â but of course, making sure you wore that V-neck sweater that showed off your cleavage just right â and threw your hair up before leaving your hotel room. The line for the breakfast buffet was packed, but you waited patiently and decided to sit near the bar once you plate was full. The rest of the dining room was filled with people and you werenât awake enough to make shitty small talk. Sitting here at the bar top was peaceful and quiet â
âIs this ⌠seat taken?â
Your eyes met his instantly, and you noticed the way Wonwoo was cringing at the line he threw at you. You decided to forget it, for his sake, and gestured for him to sit down. Fuck, you were so goddamn nervous, even though you had agreed to meet him in the first place. You wore this low-cut sweater for him. You both sat in silence for a bit, crunching awkwardly on the burnt bacon, and shifting in your seats.Â
âDid you âŚâ You were surprised that your mouth was moving on itâs own volition, spilling any words that came to your head. â⌠Do anything this morning since you were up early?â
Wonwoo choked a bit on a strawberry, but recovered quickly. âUh ⌠yeah, yeah, sure. Once I came down here, one of the IT interns found me in a panic because he couldnât set up one of the repâs new work phones. Created a whole scene over nothing.â
You snorted and sipped your coffee. âIs that intern still breathing?â
His eyes flickered to yours, a slow smile growing on his face. âYes, actually.â
You fell into sync then, letting the awkward silence melt away as you joked about Wonwooâs interns. He wasnât meant to teach college students, god help them. But as your plates became empty and a server came around to take them, you two were left with only the mugs in your hands, strangely reminiscent of that apology coffee he bought for you so long ago.
Wonwoo sighed. âHey, so about last night â or I guess, this morning âŚâ
âThank you for taking care of me,â you interjected, setting your coffee down. âI have a hangover, but I am thriving.â
He blinked. âWell, thatâs good. But I was referring to ââ
You almost couldnât look at him when you said, âThe fact that weâre definitely not just friends anymore?â
He chuckled. âYeah, that part.â
âI âŚâ You licked your lips as you gathered yourself. There was this ⌠terrifying flutter in your chest. Youâd never felt something like this before, but you werenât keen on letting it go. Not yet. âI would like to see you again. Like that. Definitely not during work hours. If you catch my drift. This is awkward.â
Wonwoo had to turn his head so you wouldnât see him trying to hold in his laughter, but it was clear as day. You sighed loud and hit his arm, making him look at you once again as he snickered to himself. âYou know, you could just ask me if I want to hang out.â
You leveled a look at him and huffed. âOkay, Wonwoo, do you ââ
âYes,â he beamed. âAlways, yes.â
You found yourself at Wonwooâs side more often than not. What used to be work get togethers transitioned to meeting up at a bar, or checking a new restaurant on the weekends. Sometimes heâd ask you to come over so you could taste test a new recipe he found. (Unfortunately for both of you, Wonwoo wasnât very good at cooking, but he was getting better. Somewhat.) Those recipe nights, however, always led to him lifting you up on his creaky kitchen counter and kissing you so hard that you almost forgot to breathe. Until Mingyu came into the kitchen, making a gagging sound, and you two instantly detached from each other.
Friday nights were known as Mingyuâs Movie Nights, and Wonwoo began inviting you to those. He had said that this would help knock a few movies off your Letterboxd Watchlist, but you knew that was just an excuse for wanting to see you. You probably saw him more than anyone now, but you couldnât deny that you ⌠wanted to see him too. Having him in your life made everything suddenly better. He was kind and smart and thoughtful. He made you laugh in ways you couldnât explain, and obviously ⌠he didnât have to do much to make you want him. Heâd simply have to look at you and youâd get on his lap. If Mingyu wasnât there, of course.
Wonwoo seemed to blossomed with you. He was more excited to leave his apartment, more eager to become a better cook. He spoke up often, whether it be at work or out with you, rather than letting someone talk. He wanted to learn all the things that you liked, wanted to touch you exactly where you needed it, wanted to find new ways to leave you breathless. Because it was for you.
Even Mingyu noticed a difference in his friend. Heâd known Wonwoo for so many years now, but heâd never made this much of a change for anyone. One night, when you and Mingyu were alone in the kitchen, he mentioned, âHeâs different around you.â And then kept pouring wine in three glasses while Wonwoo picked a movie from the living room.
There were also times where Wonwoo was a booty call, of course, and neither of you had any problems with that. Some nights, Wonwoo would call you after Mingyu went to bed, begging you to come over, but ended up settling for phone sex. His attraction to you in stockings only went up, and it was difficult for him to contain his arousal at work when you strutted around just knowing how it affected him. There was days where all he wanted to do was pull you into a janitor closet and fuck the living daylights out of you. But it wasnât like youâd let him anyway.
You had your fair share of desperate moments too. Especially tonight, as you were out drinking with your friends at a local spot youâd been coming to for years. The live band was loud and youâd had your fair share of shitty margaritas already. One of your friends was tugging on the arm of some rando she met on the dance floor, yelling over the music that she was leaving and sheâd text you when she was home safe. That left you shit out of luck for a ride home, and suddenly very lonely. The last thing you wanted was to drink alone at a shitty bar on a Saturday night.
Wandering outside, your heeled boots crunched in the snow as you looked for the nearest Uber. The fastest one around would take over 20 minutes to get to you, and as you looked around the empty city streets ⌠wait, didnât Wonwoo live around here? Maybe all the tequila was just getting to you. But you called him anyway, and despite the time reaching 1 AM, he answered instantly. He heard the slight lisp in your voice, and once he got out of you exactly where you were, he realized you were right. It only took him about 10 minutes to get to where you were, parking on the side of the road.Â
He sighed at the sight of you sitting on the curb, shivering and hugging your jacket around you. Various drunk people filtered in and out of the bar, but none of them checked on you â a freezing girl just sitting on the side of the road. âWhy didnât you wait inside for me?â He asked, his breath hot against your cheek when he pulled you up in his arms. Your dress rode up a little, and his hands were quick to yank it back down. âItâs the middle of winter.â
âI jusssst thought ⌠the cold air would sssssober me up,â you slurred, letting him place you in his passenger seat before running back over to the driverâs side. His car was warm, making you bury yourself in your jacket, but his hand on your thigh was even warmer somehow. If your fingers werenât so cold, youâd wrap your hand around his wrist, inching his palm up higher as he drove.
Once he was parked, he wasted no time getting you out and helping you up the stairs to his apartment. Mingyu was passed out on the couch, an old movie from the 80s playing on the TV, but you could hardly register it because your brain was spinning and Wonwoo was practically dragging you to his bedroom. He was grateful that all the lights were off so you couldnât see how messy it was, but honestly, it was a miracle if you could see anything clearly right now.
He sat you down on the bed and you looked up at him with bleary eyes, which made you so fucking hard to resist. All the tequila you drank was pumping through your bloodstream, and you couldnât help but fist your hands in his t-shirt and try to kiss him. He evaded your lips though â no matter how much he wanted to â and you whined, âWhyyyyyy wonât you kiss me?â
âShhh âŚâ He whispered, yanking off your boots. âInside voice. Mingyuâs sleeping.â
You smacked your hands against his mattress. âHeâs sleeping in the living room!â
Wonwoo got back to his feet, gesturing as he instructed, âArms up.â You were too intoxicated to do anything but oblige, lifting your arms as he struggled to pull your dress over your head. Once it was off and thrown to the side with your boots, your hazy vision caught him looking through his drawers for clothes for you to wear. But didnât he just take your clothes off? You couldâve sworn he did that because he wanted you too right now.
You protested when he tried putting you in one of his simple white tees, but your body felt too limp to fight. He slipped the shirt over your head before pulling back his comforter and wrapping you in it. With your eyes half open, you watched him come to the other side of the bed, yanking his pants down and crawling in bed beside you. He reached over you and set his glasses on the side table. You sighed dramatically. Now he was just torturing you. Wonwoo simply chuckled to himself, realizing what you were angry about.
His arms instantly wound around you, his lips pulled into a smile at your hairline. You looked up at him with a scowl and your voice slurred, âWhysss your eyes closed?â
Wonwoo snickered under his breath. âBecause itâs late and Iâm tired.â His hand on your lower back traced circles, attempting to coax you to sleep.
âI thought you wanted meeeee,â you complained. Your hand reached in between you two, smoothing your palm against his groin as he slowly started to harden under your touch. You heard his breath hitch slightly, so you kept going, a soft ache beginning between your own legs at just the thought of putting him in your mouth.Â
âSweetheart, I always want you.â He then grabbed your wrist, moving your hand away from him, and then lacing your fingers together. Pressing a kiss to the side of your forehead, he sighed sleepily, âBut youâre much sexier when youâre sober.â
You started to realize why you didnât usually do this, why it had been so long since you let someone see every part of you. What you looked like completely stripped down â both inside and out â completely vulnerable for your person. How your face contorted during pleasure, and how it relaxed when you were taken care of.
Catching feelings like this meant giving up control.
You didnât work on the weekends unless you had to, and when the Boss sent you a high priority email on Saturday morning, you didnât hesitate. He had transferred over a bunch of sensitive files that were needed for a board presentation first thing Monday morning. But of course, something just had to go wrong: the files were corrupted and you had no way of figuring out what to do. And it wasnât like your boss was on call like you were on a Saturday.
This was how you ended up at Wonwooâs apartment.
You had called him in a panic, explaining what had went wrong, but he didnât seem too fazed. He was used to your tech emergencies by now. But by the time you got to his apartment, out of breath after running from the train station, he had realized just how serious you were taking this. You both sat down on his couch and you let him work his magic. His fingers moved across the keys as if he were a musician, and you couldnât stop biting your nail nervously.
Mingyu came back to the apartment after grocery shopping, waving at you before putting all the food away. Seeing as you were here, maybe they could all go out and have fun tonight. He went into the living room, ready to mention a band that was playing at a local venue later, but upon seeing the stressed look on both your faces, he exhaled. âItâs a Saturday,â he stated matter-of-factly. âWhy do you two look like that?â
âCorrupted documents,â Wonwoo answered quickly, not even looking up from the monitor.Â
âI donât even want to know more,â he said, grabbing his leather jacket from the coat rack and tugging his arms through the sleeves. âJust your faces are making me anxious. Iâm heading out. Donât wait up.â
You gave Mingyu a wave as he left, but Wonwoo was too focused to even say goodbye. It took about another hour and one cup of coffee, but Wonwoo eventually figured out how to uncorrupt the files. You let out a sigh of relief as he handed the laptop back to you and you were able to open each of them without issue. Thank god, you had managed to figure this out before Monday morning. And ⌠having Wonwoo wasnât too bad either.
âThank you,â you beamed, not being able to resist pinching his cheek. âMy hero.â
Silence engulfed the room as you both noticed how the sky was already getting dark. You cleared your throat, slipping your laptop back into your bag and muttering, âThanks again. I know I kind of barged in and wasted your Saturday afternoon ââ
Like the saint he was, Wonwoo simply smiled at you. âNo time with you is a waste.â
Whatever words you were about to say clogged in your throat. You swallowed hard, attempting to hide your fluster, but you ended up choking out, âI ⌠should go.â
âYou donât have to.â He stood from the couch, walking over to you and running his hands down your arms. His brow lifted. âDo you want to?â
You let the strap of your bag fall to the floor as your hands cupped his neck. âNo, not particularly.â
Wonwoo chuckled, leaning in and letting his lips just lightly graze yours. âWe have the place to ourselves,â he hummed, slowly dragging you backwards with him. âMingyuâs gone ⌠probably wonât be back until midnight.â
You bit your lip to suppress a giggle, letting him lead you to his room, as limp as a rag doll. Once he shut his bedroom door behind you, he flicked the light on. You pressed your back against the door and your eyes roamed around the space. This was the first time you saw his bedroom with the light on; every other time had been pitch black. You liked that his walls werenât bare â they were filled with posters of his favorite musicians or photographs. On his desk was a large monitor and a gaming set up, but also a camera with stacks of film next to it. His furniture was old â probably from the 90s, probably passed down from his family â but the scratches within the wood told a story. And unlike most men, his sheets were gray.
Wonwoo realized you were scanning his room, and he became acutely aware of the clothes scattered amongst his floor. He muttered something to himself, beginning to pick up the clothes piles and chuck them into his hamper. âSorry,â he murmured. âI wish I inherited the organized gene like Mingyu.â
You tilted your head, striding over and pulling him up, making him halt his actions. Your hands went to his face as you brought him closer. With a smile, you whispered, âI donât want to talk about Mingyu,â before pressing your lips to his.
The kiss became deep far too quickly, or maybe time was passing faster than usual. Your lips crashed so hard against his that theyâd bruise. He took off his glasses, setting them on his drawer, before his fingers hooked into the belt loops of your jeans. You stepped forward, making him step back, then another, and another â until you had him falling back on his bed. You straddled him, arching your back so you could lick into his mouth just how he liked. Hands sliding up his shirt, you felt his abdomen flex underneath you. His fingers in your belt loops jerked you closer, pressing your hips to his, and it wasnât long before he was moaning into the kiss.
You smiled against his mouth, dragging your lips down his neck, and then even further, as you slinked down his body. Your eyes were trained on his, and he was trying his best not to look like a complete idiot in front of you. But it was difficult when you were looking at him with those eyes and â oh, now you were pulling down the waistband of his sweatpants, practically salivating when you noticed how hard he was already.
But ⌠this was what you guys always did. Not that he had an issue with you giving him blow jobs, but none of this felt particularly intimate. You never really let him worship you; you took control of the entire situation. As if you were bringing your professional stubbornness to the bedroom.
âWait,â he choked out as you palmed his growing bulge. âCan we ⌠can we try something different?â
Your brows furrowed and you continued pressing sloppy kisses above his groin. âWhy would we do that?â
Wonwoo let out a frustrated sound, and before you could prepare yourself, he was yanking his pants back up and pinning you underneath him. You blinked up at him in surprise, and he was gripping your wrists above your head now, his bodyweight pressing you into the mattress. He almost looked shocked that he had the strength to push you back, but his blown-out pupils gave away his true desire.
âWhat was that for?â You asked incredulously. Nerves clouded your thoughts, making you stutter. âI thought ⌠I thought you liked âŚâ
âNo, trust me, I do,â he assured you, and then tipped his head as he gazed down at you. âI just ⌠why wonât you let me take care of you?â
You scoffed then, trying to cover up how petrifying this conversation was becoming. Were you that transparent now, or did he simply know you far too well for your own good?
âI have no idea what youâre ââ
Wonwoo gave you one of his infamous leveled looks, and you sighed. âYouâre in constant need of seeking control when itâs always at your fingertips. Itâs okay to let it go; it wonât slip away.â He let go of your wrists then, but kept his body hovering over yours, holding himself up by his elbows resting near your head. âPlease, just ⌠surrender it for once. Let me take the lead.â
You glanced down at your hands on your chest, twiddling your thumbs. Eventually, you murmured, âItâs hard. Iâve never done that before.â
âCan we try? I like âŚâ He tucked a strand of hair behind your ear, then let his head fall as he chuckled to himself. âThis is so awkward. I just â I like prioritizing your pleasure. It feels much better for me and I think it will for you too. And if you donât like it ââ
âIâm not good with change,â you blurted.
âI know,â he whispered, his voice taking on that husky tone that made warmth pool in your stomach. His eyes flickered to your lips now, noticing how swollen they still were. âI wonât make you do anything you donât want to do. It was just a suggestion, and I probably ruined the mood.â
You shook your head immediately, allowing your fingers to tenderly sweep over his shirt. âNo, I âŚâ A voice in the back of your head told you this was a good thing, and you did want this, but the fear of change was overwhelming. You wanted to step out of your comfort zone, desperately, for once. You were allowed to do this; you were allowed to be happy.Â
Your gaze met his again. âI want to try.â
His eyes softened with affection, but then he asked, âYouâre not just agreeing for my sake, right?â
âNow when have I ever done that?â You laughed, making him smile along with you.Â
But as soon as his mouth met yours, that awkward, giggling persona seemed to melt away. Jeon Wonwoo morphed into an entirely different person, someone that possessed your jaw in his large hand, pulling at your bottom lip before kissing you harder. It was enough to leave you gasping for air once he pulled away, spit connecting you two, and he continued to suck and nip his way down your throat. He made sure to leave marks in places that could be covered up for work, but heâd know exactly where they were. God, would he even be able to control himself at his desk, knowing where his bites were hiding under your clothes?Â
Tugging your sweater over your head, he practically whined at the sight of your breasts, constricted in the bra that you told him was too old once, but you kept wearing it anyway because he said it was cute. He lifted you for a moment, expertly removing it with one hand, before licking the valley between your breasts. You arched into him, sighing into your arm when he swirled his tongue around your taut nipple. He glanced up and realized you were hiding your face, so he pushed your hand off. âI want you to look at me while I do this,â he cooed, but it sounded more like a demand.
Despite the embarrassment, you did as he asked, feeling completely bewitched as you watched him cup the swell of your breast, tugging on your nipple. This felt like a goddamn Pornhub video. You two have had sex before, yes, but not like this. Never like this. Wonwoo had always let you do what you were comfortable with, keeping his other side at bay while you rode him hard on the couch. But this ⌠this felt like something else entirely. The way he was lavishing both your nipples, coating them with his spit, demanding you to watch ⌠Expletives filtered softly from your mouth, wetness gathering between your thighs. It suddenly felt too hot and your jeans were still on.
Wonwoo was taking his time with you though, and it was very clear to you that this wouldnât just be one of those nights where you had sex for 10 minutes before ordering pizza. When he lifted his mouth from your left nipple, he asked calmly, âDo you like this or do you want more?â
You sneered, âWell, of course, I like ââ
His hand came up instantly to pinch your other nipple, and you couldnât stop the whimper that came out of your mouth. âNo teasing,â he said, lowering his head to flick that nipple with his tongue. âJust answer me.â
âMore,â you choked out, your hips arching off the bed, seeking friction. âPlease, more.â
He chuckled, pressing a kiss between your breasts once again, before lowering himself down your body. His eyes never left yours as he dragged his lips down your stomach. Eventually, he had to stand from the bed so he could finally unzip your pants, tugging when they got stuck around your ankles. When the cold air hit between your legs, you realized how soaked you were already. Wonwoo smirked to himself, slowly rolling your panties down your legs.
âDonât let it get to your head,â you joked, kicking your panties off into a pile by his bed.Â
He lifted your ankle, nipping playfully, and replied, âTold you that youâd like me taking the lead.â
You rolled your eyes as he settled between your thighs, bending your knees back so your feet rested beside his head. You bit your lip as he placed sloppy kisses on your inner thigh, biting hard enough to make a bruise. Wonwoo fought hard to maintain a sense of composure, but god, the sight of your pretty pussy oozing slick made him wonder if he could cum untouched. You had let him finger you before, but had never been in the mood for this. And this was something Wonwoo had been fantasizing about since the day he noticed that tear in your stockings. He could jump for joy if that didnât make him look like an absolute fucking loser.
He pushed your folds apart with two fingers, running a hand down his face as he attempted to school his expression. It was just so fucking hard to act cool when you were this aroused. Your teeth sunk into your bottom lip. You reached out and brushed his hair back from his forehead, deciding to quip, âWonwoo, can you even find the clit without your glasses on ââ
Without warning, he spit on your pussy and buried his face between your thighs. The words died on your tongue immediately, and you let out the loudest whine heâd ever heard in his life. He smiled, but that didnât deter him from circling his tongue around your clit. He wound one of his arms around your thigh, holding you in place as he pressed his face further.
Wrapping his lips around your clit, he sucked and drew out the prettiest sounds from you, using his free hand to slip two fingers inside you. You tasted exactly like he dreamed about, sweet and tangy and so unmistakably you. He looked up at you from between your legs, curling his fingers in the spot that made tears prick at your eyes, and when your gaze found his, it was like something in him snapped. âFuck,â he muttered, his voice muffled, feasting at you like heâd been starved for days.Â
Your fingers were in his hair now, pressing his head more into you, which only made this more enjoyable for him. He nearly came in his pants when your hips began to buck against his face, but this was about you. And him experiencing you cumming on his face. But mostly you. His fingers pumped faster inside you and his tongue was now flicking your clit, allowing more of your arousal to invade his mouth. Heâd never get tired of this taste; he was obsessed. Now that he finally got a taste of you ⌠he never wanted to not be doing this. Never wanted his face too far from the apex of your legs. Not when you had the sweetest taste that could move heaven and earth between these thighs.
And when you finally came on his tongue, he noticed that your legs shook like an earthquake. Your essence flooded his mouth, and he moaned â god, did he moan â lapping at you, never missing a drop of what you gave him. His fingers kept curling inside of you, making your orgasm feel like forever. When he finally removed them with a wet pop, he didnât miss the opportunity to have more of you, wrapping his mouth around those two fingers and licking off the last of your release. You watched him, completely mesmerized by the way he savored you, even darting his tongue out to capture the whatever seeped out of you. Your hips jolted, suddenly so sensitive, and he grinned up at you.
You hardly caught your breath before he crawling up your body, kissing you hard and letting you taste yourself on his tongue. Your hands fisted in his t-shirt, and when you ripped your lips away from his, you arched a brow. âYou are still fully clothed,â you reminded, and then swiped at the spit lining his bottom lip.
Wonwoo simply smiled, ghosting his lips over yours before trailing them to your ear. âIâm getting to that part. Patience,â he whispered, nibbling on your earlobe. âYou must really want me inside you.â
âI want to not be the only one naked.â
âSay it,â he prodded in a weirdly casual tone.
âWhat?â
âSay you want me inside you.â
âThis is ridiculous ââ
He lifted his head from your jawline. âI can easily leave this room and order a pizza,â he teased, and you blinked at him. He was actually being serious. He would completely ignore what looked like a throbbing erection in his pants, just to make a point. You knew he wasnât trying to be mean; he wanted to get you out of your comfort zone. This was so stupid, because you did want him inside you. Embarrassingly so. He had just given you one of the best orgasms of your life, but you still had this ⌠aching need to be filled. Your cheeks heated just at the thought of it.
âI âŚâ Your eyes closed for a moment, trying not to make your whole face turn bright red. With a sigh, your eyes connected again, and you answered, âI want you inside me, Wonwoo.â
He rewarded you with a kiss, pulling away before it could get too heated again, and stood from the bed. âWell, when you ask nicely âŚâ He smiled, that dominating demeanor slipping for a moment as he pulled his shirt off. Youâd never get tired of the way Wonwoo looked without a shirt. He didnât let anyone see it very often â he wasnât like his roommate â but the moments he did, you felt eternally grateful. His torso was toned, with defined abs and pecks that made your mind boggle. You liked that his arms were long and muscled; his hands large and slightly calloused.Â
You liked everything about him.
When he finally went to kick off his sweatpants, he noticed a large precum stain on the gray fabric from just eating you out. Which was probably the biggest jab to his calm and collected attitude right now, but he didnât let it slip. He simply threw the sweatpants to the side, coming up close to the bed again, where your legs were now hanging off the edge. You gazed up at him as if he held the world in his palms, watching the way he reached into his boxers and pulled out his cock. Your eyes widened at the sight, never used to the size. He was slightly thicker than average, but long. Longer than you ever expected. With a pretty pink head leaking sticky precum.
It was killing you how long he was taking. Your legs shifted, ready to make a move to yank him underneath you, but he was faster than you. He pinned your wrists about your head with one hand this time, using his other to keep a firm grip on his cock. âYou want to be in control that badly, huh?â He asked, tilting his head.
His hand was moving up and down his shaft now, letting precum dribble on your stomach. Your eyes flickered from his cock back to his eyes. âI just ⌠I need you, Wonwoo,â you begged, your voice taking on a new tone. And somehow ⌠wanting him so bad like this was ten times more arousing than riding him on the couch. âPlease, please, Wonwoo. Please, fuck me.â
Your pleas had him falling apart, and he sighed, letting go of your wrists to discard his boxers too. His cock flopped against his stomach, hard and aching and â fuck, had he always been veiny? He got on top of you again, cooing against your lips, âI know, baby, I know.â His rubbed the underside of his length against your wet folds, moaning at the slightest bit of friction. âIâll fuck you real good. I promise.â
Pressing the head of his cock at your entrance, his breath hitched at just the feeling of your arousal coating his shaft. You both had never taken your time with sex. But he was doing that tonight now that he was in control, letting himself slowly push inside you, feel you completely stretch open for him. You mewled, slinking your arms around his neck and carding your fingers at the nape. And when he finally buried himself to the hilt, his lips fell open and he groaned. You felt so good he could cum right now, but he needed to get a grip. The last thing he needed was to cum too fast.
Not that you would like him any less if he did.
âWonwoo,â you cried, your hips arching up to meet his. âPlease.â
Your voice snapped him out of whatever trance-like state he was in. He settled more on top of you, resting his elbows on both sides of your head, and pulled all the way out so only the tip remained. You whined at the emptiness, which soon changed to a gasp when he bullied his cock back in. Your fingers tugged at his hair; your legs crossed around his waist, drawing him deeper inside. âFuck,â he muttered, still feeling how tight you were, how you molded yourself for him. âSo fucking ⌠god, so wet.â
His restraint could only last so long. Heâd gotten his fill of feeling you adjust around him. He couldnât take this anymore, or he was going to cum before you both had even started. With a deep breath, he set a brutal pace inside of you, his hips snapping forward. Tears rolled down your cheeks; how could something feel so good that you cried? Wonwoo seemed to be thinking the same thing, because he was burying his face in the crook of your neck and groaning, âGod, so good ⌠you feel so good ⌠how can anyone feel this good?â
The only word you could choke out was, âDitto,â which youâd regret for hours after this. But now was not the time.
He was fucking into you so hard that you were already sore, but you were holding onto him for dear life, clinging to him as that warmth burned in your gut. The way his cock curved and grazed your g-spot perfectly, making you tremble and whimper his name like a prayer. He placed a hand on your stomach, feeling how deep his cock nestled inside you, and you noticed him shiver in your arms. He was trying desperately to fight off his release. That coil in your gut began to tighten, and from the way Wonwoo was breathing, you knew he wasnât going to last much longer. He wanted you to cum first though â like always â wanted to feel you clamp around him, squeeze him so tight that he saw white.Â
So he did what he did best: reached in between your bodies, finding your swollen, sensitive clit so easily, and rubbed slow circles. He lifted his head from your neck, wanting to see that familiar look in your eyes when you saw stars. âAre you gonna cum for me?â His voice was so deep that it reverberated against your chest.
And finally, as he pressed his thumb down hard and pushed into you just right, you felt your orgasm crest. âFuck, Wonwoo,â you sobbed, body shaking as you came undone.Â
But Wonwoo wasnât stopping. He kept fucking into you, making your eyes roll to the back of your head. And when your walls squeezed him so tight, he buried himself completely and came hard, a generous amount of fucks leaving his lips. His cheek pressed against yours; his groans muffled by the comforter. You held him close as he filled you to the brink with his release, and it almost felt like hours before he realized he finished.Â
You exhaled together, allowing your heart rates to settle. He turned his head slightly, pressing a kiss to your cheek, and then to your nose, and now he was kissing all over your face. Your cheeks instantly tinged pink, but you let him do as he pleased. He didnât even make a move off you, letting his cock soften inside your warmth. When your eyes opened, he was staring down at you like you were the sun. You searched his eyes, âWhat?â
His dark gaze flickered to your lips for a moment, and then he asked, âDid you really say, âDitto,â during sex?â
You and Wonwoo had gotten into a routine. Of course, you saw him 5 days out of the week at work, but you wanted more of him. You figured out Mingyuâs schedule, coming over most nights when he wasnât home â besides Mingyuâs Movie Nights. You would let Wonwoo cook for you, and he promised he was getting better, before he led you to his room with kisses to your neck and a firm grip on your hand.Â
He always went with whatever you were comfortable with, but you found yourself letting him take the lead more often than not. You liked letting him prioritize you; you liked being selfish with him. Giving up control felt ⌠much better than anticipated. Everything about this felt too good to be true. But you couldnât help yourself, and you didnât want to spoil it by asking him the dreaded, âWhat are we?â For now, youâd exist in your safe little bubble, where he would smile at you at work and then fuck your brains out after hours. It felt perfect, simple.
You approached sex through a different lens now. Instead of simply riding him on that godforsaken old couch, you let him go at his own pace: placing you on his lap, having his way with you and making you cum at least 3 times before he sunk you down on his cock, bouncing you up and down as you clung to him, practically letting him use you as a flesh light. Even when he let you sit on his face, it was on his terms: his hands gripping your hips hard enough to leave a mark, trying to suffocate himself with your pussy, not allowing you to cum until he said so, no matter how much you needed to. But it felt too good to stop. You didnât want this to stop. You liked the lack of control, liked the way he took care of you. The way he bent your knees back as he slid into you, keeping eye contact, so youâd feel him that much deeper ⌠the way he could feast on you for hours, never getting enough of your taste ⌠there was something about it that made you feel more than beautiful.Â
Especially when he looked at you as if you were his world.
Especially when he fucked into you and you realized you might be in love with him.
You tended to get lost in thought while laying in bed on an early morning. The birds chirped outside, your phone chimed along with each new notification. Curling underneath your comforter, you held your pounding head, reminiscing on last Sunday. You had gone over Wonwooâs apartment and he had surprised you with a spaghetti dinner. Mingyu promised that it was âmore edible than usualâ before he left you two alone in the apartment.
You had noticed the shine in Wonwooâs eyes, how excited he was to do this for you. He had never bothered to learn anything for anyone, but all he wanted to do was please you. To make you happy. And you could see that in the way he gazed at you, making your stomach do flip flops. Letting him have all this control over you, letting him see past the fortress youâd kept up for who knows how long ⌠it was scary and exhilarating all at the same time.
He taught you how to play his favorite video game after dinner, placing you in between his legs on the couch and letting you lean back against his broad chest. His arms cocooned around you, nestling your body in his embrace. Sometimes he would nibble on your ear as you fought to maintain hand-eye coordination with the controller. Eventually, you had given up and asked to watch him, but that led to his hand dropping the controller as the enemy killed him off. And then his fingers were slowly slipping down the waistband of your leggings, rubbing your slit over your panties. You had arched into him, your ass pressing against his hardening erection as he pulled your panties to the side, already finding you wet and ready for his touch. He chuckled in your ear, âHow long have you been thinking about this?â His index finger rubbed tight circles on your clit, and all that you could formulate for a response was a moan as he â
You cut yourself off from the memory before it could end you.
Your stomach churned. Despite your better judgement, you had completely fallen head-over-heels for senior IT specialist, Jeon Wonwoo, and that was terrifying. He had seen your personality unfold, seen the most vulnerable parts of you. But nothing was more scary than admitting to yourself how much you liked him, maybe even loved. You were frantic to the point of exhaustion, so stressed that you felt sick. Soon you were shivering, your head pounding as a fever came on, and you stayed home from work for a few days. Your phone notifications be damned â you stayed in your bedroom with the blinds closed, sleeping the days away.
Every so often, you would hear your phone chime. Your phone screen would light up with another text message. But ⌠you couldnât bring yourself to answer him. This behavior was illogical and stupid; you just simply couldnât help yourself. You were an avoidant. The only thing you knew how to do was slowly push him away before he saw all the layers underneath your carefully crafted facade.
What if he finally saw how anxious you were all the time?
What if he knew how you secretly craved to be loved your entire life, but you looked for it elsewhere, in places like workplace praise or crowded bars where you couldnât see another personâs face?
What if he knew you werenât as organized up in your head as you were at your desk?
Or worse ⌠what if he didnât like you back?
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
Wonwoo: Whatâs going on?
Wonwoo: I managed to find out that youâre sick. I can make you soup, if you want? I know my cooking is terrible. But what if this time itâs good and it cures you?
Wonwoo: If I threaten to message you on Slack, will that make you reply?
Wonwoo: I promise I wonât. Unless ⌠lol
Wonwoo: Youâre not dead, right?
Wonwoo: Please, answer me.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
UNKNOWN: hey, itâs Mingyu. I found your number in Wonwooâs phone. heâs really messed up right now and worrying about you.
UNKNOWN: idk whatâs going on between you two, but I donât like seeing him like this.
UNKNOWN: just ⌠call him. or text him. or something.
Jeon Wonwoo [10:13 AM]: Did your computer die and you need a new charger?
Jeon Wonwoo [3:21 PM]: I miss you.
When you finally returned to work, itâs on a day that your cubicle mate had decided to work from home. You couldnât decide if that was a blessing or curse until the next day, when you wished that he decided to work from home forever. It was on a Tuesday morning that you finally faced him again, locking eyes with him from across the boardroom table in an all-hands meeting. You werenât sure what to say, werenât sure what you could say, but ⌠he didnât speak to you any way. In fact, even when you both got back to your desks, he kept quiet, throwing on his headphones and focusing on whatever task was at hand. His attitude change wasnât exactly surprising, but you couldnât bring yourself to speak to him either.
All your other coworkers looked bewildered. The silence between you two made just about everyone feel awkward. They all saw how close you and Wonwoo had become, and now everything just felt ⌠flat. Silent. Empty. It was like you two were strangers. Maybe you had never really known each other in the first place, if you could both discard each other so easily.Â
But that just seemed too good to be true. You thought about him everyday, despite yourself, and he had to think of you too. You caught his eyes on you every once in a while, and you couldnât help but yearn for him in silence. It was probably time for you to take charge again and make the first move, but you found yourself hesitating. Again. You were overwhelmed with thoughts of rejection.Â
This was why you never gave up control with someone before. It left you suddenly so, so doubtful.
You [1:34 PM]: I canât get into my Outlook. I think Iâve locked myself outÂ
Jeon Wonwoo is now offline.
You [1:36 PM]: I miss you too
It was a busy Sunday, the first notes of Spring evident in the air. You needed to go to the post office today, the supermarket, probably check in on your parents ⌠but that was all discarded when you made the sudden decision to take a taxi to Wonwooâs apartment. Your hands were shaking more than his when he first touched you. Your leg was bouncing with anxiety, and when the taxi finally pulled up to his building, you considered never getting out.Â
But you couldnât continue being a coward. Besides, this driver had places to be, with the way he was arguing for you to pay in cash.
You were lucky enough to slide in through the buildingâs entrance while someone was walking out. The less you had to embarrass yourself by calling Mingyu to let you in, the better. The walk up those two flights of stairs was long and tiring, and it wasnât because you always hated them. You physically couldnât make yourself go faster, too frightened of what he was going to say when he saw you. Maybe he wouldnât say anything; maybe heâd slam the door in your face. And you couldnât blame him, because now you were at his door and â oh, god, you wanted to hurl.
The door was opening before you could even catch your breath. When you caught that first glimpse of Mingyu, you realized how much of a mistake this was. You could always turn back, run down the stairs before anyone could say a word.
But as soon as you both locked eyes, Mingyu raised his brow, but not in a mocking sense. It was as if ⌠he expected you to be here. He sighed, leaning against the door, and without looking back, he called out, âWonwoo! You got a visitor.â
Your eyes went wide, and then Mingyu was pushing past you, leaving the door open and muttering, âGood luck.â He was rushing down the stairs two at a time before you could even say a word back. But then you were seeing him, and you wondered if it had always been this hard to breathe around him.
Your fingers played absentmindedly as you both stared at each other. His glasses were slipping down his nose, but he made no move to fix them. His own hand was too busy dropping the controller that had been in his grip, now clattering to the floor. His hair was messed up and he was wearing his favorite comfy sweatsuit, and you ⌠you were put together, as always. Your hair unwashed, but pulled up in a ponytail, and wearing that cardigan he liked so much on you. If he wasnât so hurt, just the sight of you would have him on his knees right now, begging to have you.
He had to turn around and walk away. If he didnât right now, heâd just â
âWait,â you said, walking in and closing the door when he spun away. âPlease, donât. I ââ
âWhat could you possibly say?â He snapped, facing you once again. You had never heard his voice at this octave before, never seen so much distress on his face. âI thought we knew each other well enough that you wouldnât cut me off out of nowhere. As if Iâm just some guy you met at a bar last weekend.â
Your mouth opened, and then closed.Â
âDo you ⌠do you even understand how worried I was about you?â He ran a hand through his hair, voice cracking for the first time in forever. You took a step closer to him. âYou werenât answering me and I just ⌠my head went to the worst. I thought Mingyu was gonna kill me the next time I mentioned your name. And then, to see you at work and realizing that you were actually just ghosting me was a fucking punch to the gut. I didnât get it. I still donât get it. But Iâm so pissed at you for hurting my feelings that Iâm not even sure if I wanna know.â
âWonwoo ââ You started.
âPlease, donât say my name like that,â he sighed and pinched his nose. âI realize that you came all this way to finally break the news to me, but Iâm good. Itâs very obvious to me now that you donât like me as much as I like you, and to save us the pity party, let me get you home ââ He reached for his wallet to grab some cash for your next taxi.
But you interrupted before he could finish.
âI love you.â
He paused, looking up and making sure he heard you right. âWhat?â
âIâm in love with you,â you said it again, and it felt so freeing to have this weight lifted off your shoulders. You moved closer, now standing a foot away, but refusing to touch him for your own good. âAnd Iâm not just telling you that as an excuse. Ignoring you was cruel and I can never forgive myself for hurting you. I just ⌠when I realized how deep my feelings for you were âŚâ Your throat closed up, as if your body was acting on instinct, preventing you from being vulnerable with him.
Wonwoo closed the distance. âHey,â he whispered, tucking a hair behind your ear. âIâm right here with you.â
His voice was so reassuring â as always â opening you up like a blooming flower. And suddenly, your mouth didnât feel so dry anymore and your nails stopped making crescent-shaped indents in your palm.
âI got scared,â you confessed, your gaze locked on his. âAnd I ran away, because that was the easiest thing to do. I thought ignoring you would be best for both of us, and I stubbornly didnât want to hear your opinion on any of this. What I did was wrong and I ⌠I hate myself when I do stuff like this to people I care about.â
Tears pricked at the corner of your eyes, but he wiped them with his thumb before they could fall. You sniffled, noticing the hurt in his eyes had faded, replaced only by adoration. Your lips pursed as you searched his gaze.
âIâve just ⌠never allowed anyone to open me up like this. Iâve never given my feelings to someone and let them care for me.â You blinked, your eyes rimmed red. âIâve hardly been able to comprehend my own feelings because Iâve been scared shitless of them in the first place. But I canât ⌠I canât justify pushing you away anymore. Because I love you. I donât like being alone anymore and all I ever want to do is see you. Sometimes Iâm afraid if I stop holding you, youâll disappear. You do so much for me; you literally fix something on my computer everyday. I think if I let you go right now, Iâll regret it for the rest of my life, and I ââ
Wonwoo cut you off by pressing his lips to yours. You couldnât remember the last time he kissed you like this: so gently with his palm cupping your jaw. You felt yourself relax when he slipped an arm around your waist, pulling you flush against him. His tongue licked into your mouth, sighing with relief when the familiar taste of you entered his orbit again. The taste of coffee and peppermint gum and the peanut butter and jelly you definitely had for lunch today. It was everything he loved about you, and he smiled into the kiss.
When he finally pulled away, he said, âSorry, I interrupted your monologue.â
âItâs okay. Someone needed to before I got into the Hamlet soliloquy I prepared.â
He chuckled, grinning from ear to ear, and just that had a blush creeping to your cheeks. âI forgive you,â he whispered, leaning back in to ghost his lips all over your face. Your warm breath fanned his mouth. âJust donât do that again. I know I donât show it very often, but Iâm secretly very âŚâ He smiled softer this time, pecking just slightly on the corner of your mouth. âSensitive.â
Your fingers hooked into the waistband of his sweatpants, wanting him all the more closer. âI know. I promise.â You brushed your nose over his. âIf I ever ignore you for even a couple hours, you have full permission to annoy me on Slack.â
Wonwoo had to cover his mouth from letting out the loudest laugh possible, but it made you feel all the better to see him happy. You could spend forever seeing him this happy. You got up on your tiptoes just to stare at him more, to press yourself closer and feel his grin against your cheek.
But he was holding your face now, sighing down at you with a smile that almost made you swoon. âFor the record,â he replied, âI love you too.âÂ
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Concept Elaboration and Understanding the Importance of Clear Communication The intricacies of language often present challenges, especially when conveying complex ideas across different cultures. Concept Elaboration, a vital process in language services, ensures clear and comprehensive communication. This article delves into the origins, implementation, and significance of Concept Elaboration,âŚ

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Boosting Small Business Success: Key Advantages of Bulk SMS Services

Having access to global knowledge at their fingertips, todayâs customers are both intelligent and skeptical, keeping firms on their toes. Consequently, for any small business to succeed, it is essential to communicate with them effectively. The majority of us always have our phones with us, making SMS one of the fastest and most impactful ways to connect with your target market. One of the main elements for businesses to rely on the bulk SMS service platform is the rise in social media usage, increased propensity for online purchasing, and higher impact of marketing campaigns and offers on consumer purchases.
The Global SMS Marketing Software Market, which was valued at USD 5,592.88 Million in 2020, will increase at a CAGR of 20.40% from 2021 to 2028, the publisher claims. By 2028, the market will be worth USD 24,687.10 Million.

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have a constantly changing challenge: locating effective, affordable ways to connect and engage with their client base. This is especially true in an age marked by digital innovation and unrelenting connectedness. Here are some of the bulk messaging use-cases from diverse industries Â
In the bulk SMS service platforms world, a cutting-edge fix has seen extraordinary growth recently. With the help of these platforms, SMBs may improve their communication tactics, connect with their audience, and ultimately succeed in a competitive setting.
Letâs set out on a quest to discover the precise advantages of utilizing a bulk SMS service platform while keeping an eye on the broader telecom landscape and the dynamic arena of A2P (Application-to-Person) messaging.
Cost-Efficiency
Budgetary constraints for marketing are a common problem for small and medium-sized organizations. SMBs have few choices for outreach because traditional media like television or print can be prohibitively expensive. Platforms that provide bulk SMS services can help in this situation. These platforms give small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) a cost-effective way to communicate with clients, enabling them to plan their resources effectively and ensure every dollar they spend is as productive as possible.
Targeted Marketing
Accuracy is a powerful tool that bulk SMS service providers give SMBs to use in their marketing arsenal. SMBs can divide their client databases into several groups according to different factors, such as location, purchasing history, or demographics. This degree of specificity guarantees that communications are adapted to the unique preferences and requirements of each group, leading to improved conversion rates and more engaged customers.
Instantaneous Delivery
Timing is crucial in the fast-paced world of business. SMBs can almost immediately reach their audience owing to bulk SMS services. SMS is often opened shortly after being sent, unlike email marketing, where messages may sit in inboxes for days or even weeks. For SMBs looking to advertise flash deals, limited-time offers, or event notifications, this real-time communication might be a game-changer.
High Open Rates
Studies regularly show that SMS messages have astounding open rates, which frequently reach 90%. This contrasts sharply with email open rates, which typically range from 20% to 30%. Bulk SMS services help SMBs greatly increase the likelihood that their messages will be seen and read, which improves engagement and improves the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
Improved Customer Engagement
Customer engagement is critical for SMBs looking to establish loyalty and long-term connections. Bulk SMS service platforms support two-way communication, allowing customers to respond to messages, ask questions, and provide feedback. This engaging strategy deepens the connection between SMBs and customers, fostering loyalty and trust.
Streamlined Appointment Reminders
Appointment reminders are essential for service-based businesses such as medical clinics, salons, and fitness centers to reduce no-shows. The process of sending these reminders can be automated entirely with the use of bulk SMS solutions, assisting SMBs in keeping their calendars full and reducing income loss from missed appointments. This boosts operational efficiency while simultaneously increasing consumer happiness.
Seamless Integration
Onboarding a bulk SMS service platform is a simple process. Most messaging service businesses offer easy-to-use platforms and APIs that are uncomplicated to integrate with already-installed CRM or marketing automation platforms. As a result, even SMBs with low technological skills may manage and carry out campaigns.
Scalability
SMBsâ communication requirements change as they expand and grow. Due to the tremendous scalability of bulk SMS service, organizations can send messages to tens of thousands or more recipients as their customer base expands. Due to its scalability, SMS marketing remains a viable and successful communication medium for SMBs even as their businesses grow.
Data-Driven Insights
Effective marketing hinges on data-driven decision-making and bulk SMS platforms provide valuable insights into campaign performance. SMBs can track metrics such as open rates, click-through rates, and conversion rates to fine-tune their SMS marketing strategies. This data-driven approach helps SMBs optimize their campaigns for better outcomes and a higher return on investment.
Empowering Your SMB with Bulk SMS Services and Beyond
In conclusion, for small and medium-sized businesses, onboarding a bulk SMS service platform is not just a cost-effective communication strategy; itâs a transformative tool that can significantly impact their operations. With targeted marketing, instantaneous delivery, high open rates, and improved customer engagement, SMBs can harness the power of bulk SMS services to thrive in todayâs competitive business landscape and exceed customer expectations.
However, letâs not forget the broader telecommunications horizon and the potential offered by A2P messaging. By embracing both bulk SMS and A2P messaging, SMBs can create a dynamic, responsive, and highly engaging communication strategy that keeps them at the forefront of customer interaction.
At Broadband Telecom, we are more than just an industry-leading A2P messaging and bulk SMS service provider. We are a partner in your growth journey, terminating over 4.8 billion international messages across geographies. Ready to elevate your SMBâs communication strategy? Contact us today and discover how A2P messaging and bulk SMS services can help your business thrive in the modern digital landscape. Letâs unlock new possibilities together.
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We are witnessing another massacre happening now
The occupation army contacted the director of Al-Shifa Hospital by sending a threatening message. The director of the hospital responded, stating that there are no resistance members in the hospital and that it is a civilian hospital providing care for the wounded and displaced.
Now, the occupation forces have cut off all communication around Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza in preparation for the ongoing massacre. A true massacre is happening at Al-Shifa Hospital - intrusion and entry of vehicles, sniper bullets targeting those present, silencing their voices from the world!
Journalist Osama Al-Kahlout commented on the situation at Al-Shifa Hospital: "The occupation army is firing directly at medical teams inside Al-Shifa Hospital, with snipers targeting doctors. There are fears of the compound being stormed."
This is the latest video we received from Al-Shifa Hospital, documenting what happened during the occupation's shelling.
It's worth noting that the hospital houses a large number of patients, including infants and newborns.
After the Pentagon's statements and its incitement against the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, we are facing extremely difficult hours. the American statement gave a green light for the terrorist army to commit massacres against innocent people, the hospital, its wounded, patients, and medical staff.
The occupation fervently attempts to portray Al-Shifa Hospital as the focal point of its war on Gaza, suggesting that the 'fall of the hospital' signifies the complete collapse of Gaza. However, this is not merely for capturing images, and then the Zionists returning to their homes; it serves two dangerous purposes:
Boosting the morale of the Zionists and Americans, implying that the occupation army is achieving successes, giving Netanyahu and his army more time in Gaza.
Pushing the Palestinian people and their supporters into despair and frustration, raising the white flag with the belief that 'everything is over with the fall of the hospital.'
We must clearly see through this game and not be deceived. Hamas has never claimed that the hospital is strategically or politically important; it has consistently stated that it is just a hospital providing essential humanitarian services. Hamas has even invited international institutions to enter the hospital and verify its nature.
The hospital holds no significance in the balance of war or the developments in military events. Do not let them exploit and demoralize you for nothing."
So always remember that regardless of the images the occupation broadcasts to justify its crimes against the Al-Shifa Hospital, keep in mind the following: there is no military activity originating from this place; it is solely a hospital. Israel and America have decided to designate it as a military target
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Generative AI Policy (February 9, 2024)
As of February 9, 2024, we are updating our Terms of Service to prohibit the following content:
Images created through the use of generative AI programs such as Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and Dall-E.
This post explains what that means for you. We know itâs impossible to remove all images created by Generative AI on Pillowfort. The goal of this new policy, however, is to send a clear message that we are against the normalization of commercializing and distributing images created by Generative AI. Pillowfort stands in full support of all creatives who make Pillowfort their home. Disclaimer: The following policy was shaped in collaboration with Pillowfort Staff and international university researchers. We are aware that Artificial Intelligence is a rapidly evolving environment. This policy may require revisions in the future to adapt to the changing landscape of Generative AI.Â
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Why is Generative AI Banned on Pillowfort?
Our Terms of Service already prohibits copyright violations, which includes reposting other peopleâs artwork to Pillowfort without the artistâs permission; and because of how Generative AI draws on a database of images and text that were taken without consent from artists or writers, all Generative AI content can be considered in violation of this rule. We also had an overwhelming response from our user base urging us to take action on prohibiting Generative AI on our platform. Â
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How does Pillowfort define Generative AI?
As of February 9, 2024 we define Generative AI as online tools for producing material based on large data collection that is often gathered without consent or notification from the original creators.
Generative AI tools do not require skill on behalf of the user and effectively replace them in the creative process (ie - little direction or decision making taken directly from the user). Tools that assist creativity don't replace the user. This means the user can still improve their skills and refine over time.Â
For example: If you ask a Generative AI tool to add a lighthouse to an image, the image of a lighthouse appears in a completed state. Whereas if you used an assistive drawing tool to add a lighthouse to an image, the user decides the tools used to contribute to the creation process and how to apply them.Â
Examples of Tools Not Allowed on Pillowfort: Adobe Firefly* Dall-E GPT-4 Jasper Chat Lensa Midjourney Stable Diffusion Synthesia
Example of Tools Still Allowed on Pillowfort:Â
AI Assistant Tools (ie: Google Translate, Grammarly) VTuber Tools (ie: Live3D, Restream, VRChat) Digital Audio Editors (ie: Audacity, Garage Band) Poser & Reference Tools (ie: Poser, Blender) Graphic & Image Editors (ie: Canva, Adobe Photoshop*, Procreate, Medibang, automatic filters from phone cameras)
*While Adobe software such as Adobe Photoshop is not considered Generative AI, Adobe Firefly is fully integrated in various Adobe software and falls under our definition of Generative AI. The use of Adobe Photoshop is allowed on Pillowfort. The creation of an image in Adobe Photoshop using Adobe Firefly would be prohibited on Pillowfort.Â
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No. Offsite Advertising of the sale of goods (digital and physical) containing Generative AI on Pillowfort is prohibited.
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A general rule of thumb as a first step is you can try testing the software by turning off internet access and seeing if the tool still works. If the software says it needs to be online thereâs a chance itâs using Generative AI and needs to be explored further.Â
You are also always welcome to contact us at [email protected] if youâre still unsure.
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Our Team has decided we are NOT using AI-based automated detection tools due to how often they provide false positives and other issues. We are applying a suite of methods sourced from international universities responding to moderating material potentially sourced from Generative AI instead.
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If you are concerned about post(s) featuring Generative AI material, please flag the post for our Site Moderation Team to conduct a thorough investigation. As a reminder, Pillowfortâs existing policy regarding callout posts applies here and harassment / brigading / etc will not be tolerated.Â
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EFFâs lawsuit against DOGE will go forward

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Catch me in PITTSBURGH on May 15 at WHITE WHALE BOOKS, and in PDX on Jun 20 at BARNES AND NOBLE. More tour dates here.
In my 23 years at EFF, I've been privileged to get a front-row seat for some of the most important legal battles over tech and human rights in history. There've been tremendous victories and heartbreaking losses, but win or lose, I am forever reminded that I'm privileged to work with some of the smartest, most committed, savviest cyberlawyers in the world.
These days, it's more of a second-row seat â I work remotely, mostly on my own projects, and I rely on our Deeplinks blog as much as our internal message-boards to keep up with our cases. Yesterday, I happened on this fantastic explainer breaking down our most recent court victory, in our case against DOGE on behalf of federal workers whose privacy rights have been violated during DOGE's raid on the Office of Personnel Management's databases:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/our-privacy-act-lawsuit-against-doge-and-opm-why-judge-let-it-move-forward
The post is by Adam Schwartz, EFF's Privacy Litigation Director. I've been campaigning on privacy for my entire adult life, but I still learn something â something big and important â every time I talk about the subject with Adam. His breakdown on EFF's latest court victory is no exception.
EFF was the first firm to bring a suit directly against DOGE, representing two federal workers' unions: the AFGE and the AALJ, and our co-counsel are from Lex Lumina LLP, State Democracy Defenders Fund, and The Chandra Law Firm. At the heart of our case are the millions of personnel records that DOGE agents were given access to by OPM Acting Director Charles Ezell.
The OPM is like the US government's HR department. It holds files on every federal employee and retiree, filled with sensitive, private data about that worker's finances, health, and personal life. The OPM also holds background check data on federal workers, including the deep background checks that federal workers must undergo to attain security clearances. Many of us â including me â first became familiar with the OPM in 2015, after its records were breached by hackers believed to be working for the Chinese military:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach
That breach was catastrophic. Chinese spies stole the sensitive data of tens of millions of Americans. The DOGE breach implicates even more Americans' private data, though, and while DOGE isn't a foreign intelligence agency, that cuts both ways. It's a good bet that a Chinese spy agency will not leak the records it stole, but with DOGE, it's another matter entirely. I wouldn't be surprised to find the OPM data sitting on a darknet server in a month or a year.
In his breakdown, Adam explains the ruling and what was at stake. We brought the case on behalf of all those federal workers under the 1974 Privacy Act, which was passed in the wake of Watergate and the revelations about COINTELPRO, scandals that rocked the nation's faith in federal institutions. The Privacy Act was supposed to restore trust in government, and to guard against future Nixonian enemies lists:
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llmlp/LH_privacy_act-1974/LH_privacy_act-1974.pdf
The Privacy Act's preamble asserts that the US government's creation of databases on Americans â including federal workers â "greatly magnified the harm to individual privacy." This is the basis for the Act's tight regulation on how government agencies use and handle databases containing dossiers on the lives of everyday Americans.
The US government tried to get the case tossed out by challenging our clients' "standing" to sue. Only people who have been harmed by someone else has the right ("standing") to sue over it. Does having your data leaked to DOGE constitute a real injury? Two recent Supreme Court cases say it does: Spokeo vs Robins and Transunion vs Ramirez both establish that "intangible" injuries (like a privacy breach) can be the basis for standing.
The court agreed that our clients had standing because the harms we alleged â DOGE's privacy breaches â are "concrete harms analogous to intrusion upon seclusion" ("intrusion upon seclusion" is one of the canonical privacy violations, set out in the Restatement of Torts, the American Law Institute's comprehensive guide to common law).
But the court went further, noting that DOGE's operation is accused of being "rushed and insecure," rejecting DOGE's argument that it only accessed OPM's "system" but not the data stored in that system. The court also said that it wouldn't matter if DOGE access the system, but not the data â that merely gaining access to the data violated our clients' privacy. Here, the judge is part of an emerging consensus, joining with four other federal judges who've ruled that when DOGE gains access to a system containing private data, that alone constitutes a privacy violation, even if DOGE doesn't look at or process the records in the system.
So in ruling for our clients, the judge found that the mere fact that DOGE could access their records was an injury that gave us standing to proceed â and also found that there were other injuries that would separately give us standing, including the possibility that DOGE's breach could expose our clients to "hacking, identity theft, and other activities that are substantially harmful."
The US government repeatedly argued that we weren't accusing them of disclosing our clients' records, every time they did this, the judge pointed to our actual filings, which plainly assert that DOGE agents were "viewing, possessing and using" our clients' records, and that this constitutes "disclosure" under the law, and according to OPM's own procedures.
The judge found that we were entitled to seek relief under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which proscribes the conduct of federal agencies â and that our relief could be both "declaratory" (meaning a court could rule that DOGE was breaking the law) and "injunctive" (meaning the court could order DOGE to knock it off).
Normally, a plaintiff can't ask for a judgment under the APA until an agency has taken a "final" action. The court found that because DOGE's actions were accused of being "illegal, rushed, and dangerous," and that this meant that we could seek relief under the APA. Further, that we could invoke the APA here because the remedies set out in the Privacy Act itself wouldn't be sufficient to help our clients in the face of DOGE's mass data-plundering.
Finally, the court ruled that our claims will allow us to pursue APA cases because OPM and DOGE were behaving in an "arbitrary and capricious" manner, and exceeding its legal authority.
All of this is still preliminary â we're not at the point yet where we're actually arguing the case. But standing is a huge deal. Ironically, it's when governments violate our rights on a mass scale that standing is hardest to prove. Our Jewel case, over NSA spying, foundered because the US government argued that we couldn't prove our clients had been swept up by NSA surveillance because the details of that surveillance were officially still secret, even though Snowden had disclosed their working a decade earlier, and our client Mark Klein (RIP) had come forward with documents on illegal mass NSA spying in 2006!:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/effs-flagship-jewel-v-nsa-dragnet-spying-case-rejected-supreme-court
So this is a big deal. It means we're going to get to go to court and argue the actual merits of the case. Things are pretty terrible right now, but this is a bright light. It makes me proud to have spent most of my adult life working with EFF. If you want to get involved with EFF, check and see if there's an Electronic Frontier Alliance affinity group in your town:
https://efa.eff.org/allies
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/09/cases-and-controversy/#brocolli-haired-brownshirts
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help feed a family in gaza!
hi everyone, i'd like to introduce a friend in gaza that i've been in contact with.
shimaa (also spelled shaima) is a 22 year old graphic designer who recently graduated from university. unfortunately, her hopes to continue her studies and get a master's degree were interrupted by the genocide.
she's been looking after her family, including her injured mother and sick nephew, in very difficult conditions without sufficient water or necessities. her mother was recently shot and needs money to pay for treatment to get the bullet out of her leg. just today, the occupation bombed a house so close to them that the shockwave blew away their tent and belongings.
while shimaa's evacuation fund is important, her family also needs basic necessities until the fundraiser is complete, such as food, water, medicine, and hygiene products to prevent further sickness and disease. the situation is very dire, and getting money to shimaa in a timely manner is a matter of life and death.
money raised through the fundraiser can take months to arrive. however, direct transfers to her bank account can reach her in just a few days.
if you can spare the effort, please contact shimaa on twitter to learn the best way to donate to her.
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remember, if you send me proof of your donation, you can receive free art from me!
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THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WITH GENEROUS HEARTS!
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all sides of you!
the five love languages rin shows to you
itoshi rin x reader: fluff, hcs/drabble, not proofread, likes n reblogs are appreciated <3
words of affirmation
- at the beginning, i think hes a lot more averse to saying romantic stuff so its more of in a long term/after months of dating
- mainly leaves sticky notes/passes notes during class/at home with what he wants to say ar rhe beginning
- after a while tho, heâll try to at least praise you/compliment you irl then slowly tell you he loves you (altho rarely at the beginning)
- has a bunch of scribbled notes he never passed to you all filled with confessions/ things he wants to say that he eventually says at the back of his closet in a box (because he thinks its sentimental)
- a lot better at expressing his feelings and can say them without freaking out internally or stuttering before giving up and calling you a mean nickname to neutralise the compliment
- believes in a speak not tell but he knows communication is key so heâll try his best so bear with him
- slowburn moment for this but its 100% worth it when he comes home from competition and all he can say is repeatedly whisper i love u into your ear as he pulls you closer into his embrace
physical touch
- again, at first hes a bit touch averse / awkward with hugs/kisses but after a while of dating..
- 100% super clingy esp after coming back from competition/bllk : his hands have to be somewhere on your skin, doesnt matter where hes not picky
- has to sleep with you, hugging you like youre his plushie (drools a little too btw)
- links pinky when you guys walk together doeznt matter where âyouâll get lostâ excuse except his entire face goes pink at the touch of your hands
- really likes kissing your neck, he thinks its rlly cute when he can hear you & esp if it leaves a mark :p
- has piggy-backed you before even when youre not lying about your shoes hurting or being tired to be carried by him
- enjoys being babied ngl like he loves it sm when you pepper his face with kisses while he just lies there or when you comb his hair with your fingers: he feels like hes in heaven esp after stressful days
quality time
- tries to see you everyday : either through school/going to yours/his house, dates, or even facetime call
- calls you every night when hes overseas btw and during breaks heâll try to text you back n reply to your messages
- the type to make up excuses just to hang out with you like âoh i need to get new shoes, come with meâ even though he has 2038839 different pairs and then have to huy another one because he cant be caught (you can tell)
- wld go on âstudyâ dates where he just stares at you 3/4 of rhe time and actually doesnt finish any of his âassignmentsâ
- has gone on hangouts where both of you just chill in silence n rlly likes it because theres no pressure to do anything and its kind of calming/relaxing esp after having to deal with teammates n whatnot during work
- wld watch you play games/do anything while he sits beside you, just enjoying your company even if he craves a little more but thats alright by him
acts of service
- lowkey such an act of service guy like even pre-relationship even if he makes excuses for him bc hes trying to be #idgaf
- the type to rush to your home with meds/food/everything if you text him youre sick after missing school
- i feel like. he just kind of enjoys the peacefulness of like cleaning and would do it whenever hes stressed (ignoring the loud music he listens to)
- would bring your necessities sometimes, and ends up at some point lending a hairtie to reo (he has a pack of hair ties bought for you at all times)
- anytime he goes out to get food/on the way home, heâll always get a portion of what youd like just in case, and doeznt mind just eating it as leftover if you dont want it
- has a notepad on his phone on your favourite orders (drinks, meals, desserts etc)
- if youre forgetful, heâll text you to remind you : whether that be to attend events/eat lunch at proper times/buy something
- would go back to the store if he didnât buy what you wanted/if you wanted something else without any hesitation as long as it makes you smile even if he doesnât admit it
- would learn how to take pictures for you on his own accord : you didnât even realise until one day you pass him your digicam and suddenly he was an expert photographer compared to just months ago when. you started dating where his hand was blocking the camera
giving gifts
- has a matching necklace with you at all times and its his lucky charm and heâll 100% kiss it before a game / when he wins the game
- shared wishlist on online stores except he stalks through yours and buys them for you randomly to surprise you
- if you have something spoiled/doesnt work as well, doesnt matter if its a home appliance/jeans that donât fit etc, heâll buy one for you without any hesitation when he goes out/on his phone
- gets you trinkets/keychains/stuff that reminds him of you including any sanrio/anime/designs you like / even your favourite food ie. chocolates/candies/chips from different countries he goes to for matches
- would notice if you wore his gifts or not and try to buy more things that you like more ie. if you like silver accessories more, heâll buy more of those
- even during school days, he would 100% blow his money on arcades if you like to play claw machine/those rhythms games and watch you play and sometimes if you donât get it, heâll try to get them after his football training for you and pass it to you as nonchalantly as you can the next day
- always buys matching things: that bracelet he bought you? yup he has an exact pair in his drawers, feels its more meaningful and intimate
- if you ever ask for anything, just know heâs willing to give you that and the whole world and even the whole galaxy
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#itoshi rin x reader#rin itoshi x reader#rin x reader#itoshi rin fluff#rin.<3#blue lock x reader#bllk x reader#bllk fluff
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⣠ೠcw: explicit sexual content. dirty talk. fingering. unprotected sex. felix is a bit of a perv.
⣠ೠnotes: hihi. for the internal service report, i decided that i've gotten a bit bored with the gc messages and instead wrote a little script that was inspired by the office lol. let me know if u guys like it or if i should just stick to the fake messages.
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION REPORT Filed by: Concierge Aeryn Subject: Staff Conduct â Inappropriate Guest Interaction (Alleged Misconduct During Welcome Assistance) Staff Member Under Review: Bellboy Felix Requested by: Guest (Room 1706) Requested Resolution: Formal Investigation & Internal Service Memo
The conciergeâs pink clipboard is held tight to her chest as she rounds the corner and spots himâleaning against the wall just outside the staff lounge, uniform pristine, lanyard badge clipped off-center like heâs too laid-back to care. Felix.
Heâs mid-laugh, dimples in full effect, teasing one of the housekeepers with some story you just know has been exaggerated beyond belief. He spots Aeryn immediatelyâher expression unreadableâand straightens with a boyish grin.
âConcierge~,â he drawls, bright as ever. âYou look gorgeous today.â
âFelix.â Her tone is clipped, heels clicking to a stop in front of him. âWe need to talk.â
He clasps his hands behind his back. âIs this about the towel thing? I swear he said room six-oh-four, not four-oh-sixââ
âItâs Suite 1706,â she interrupts, flipping to a fresh page on her clipboard. âYou brought their bag up earlier this afternoon.â
âOh! Right,â he chirps, as if recalling a charming anecdote. âPretty guest. Killer heels. Looked like they needed a little help.â He flashes a grin. âI was being nice.â
âNice,â Aeryn repeats, deadpan. âYou placed your arm around their waist. Fingers were⌠described as âkneading.ââ
Felix doesnât blink. âThey stumbled.â
âYou carried a single weekend bag.â
âThey looked tired!â he insists, eyes wide, dimples deepening. âI was just making sure they got to their room safely. You know meâIâm all about guest satisfaction.â
Aeryn narrows her eyes. âThatâs precisely what concerns me.â
Felix tilts his head, still smiling like he doesnât have a single indecent thought in that pretty head of his.
âIâm being punished for being helpful?â he says with a pout thatâs almost convincing. âThat doesnât seem fair.â
Aeryn doesnât indulge him. âYouâre being investigated because your version of helpful tends to involve unsolicited physical contact and a smile that reads less âcustomer serviceâ and more âlingerie catalog.ââ
Felix gaspsâdramatically, hand to chest. âYou wound me.â
âYouâll survive,â Aeryn mutters, flipping another page with purpose. âIn the meantime, I think itâs only right you go speak with the guest. Clarify the situation.â
His brows rise. âClarify?â
âTell her she mustâve misread your intentions,â Aeryn says, tone clipped. âBecause youâre just an innocent employee making sure everyone checks in safely.â
Felix leans in slightly. âInnocent?â
âYouâll act like it.â
A beat passes. Then his smile slowly returnsâless sunshine, more sin. âFor accuracy purposes,â he murmurs, already stepping past her.
Aeryn watches him go, muttering under her breath. âWeâre all going to HR.â
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The knock comes gentle, almost shy. You open the door halfway, and there he is again.
Felix, known to you by the name tag, in full uniform and faux professionalism, hands clasped behind his back, that same crooked badge still dangling off his lanyard like itâs got personality of its own. His smile is polite. Bright. Almost bashful.
Almost.
âHi there,â he says, rocking slightly on his heels. âSorry to bother you. Concierge Aeryn just asked me to, um, follow up on the earlier incident?â
You arch a brow. âThe incident where you practically groped me under the guise of carrying a ten-pound duffel bag?â
He wincesâadorably. Like a kid caught sneaking cookies. âRight, see, thatâs the thing. There may have been⌠a misunderstanding.â
âOh, there was no misunderstanding.â
âYou sure about that?â His voice is light, teasing. âMemory can be a tricky thing.â
âI know what happened.â
âIâm just here to clarify for the report,â he says, eyes gleaming with something not even remotely professional. âConciergeâs orders. Not mine.â
You lean against the doorframe. âSo whatâthis is damage control?â
âItâs about accuracy,â he replies smoothly. âWe pride ourselves on it at the Skzotel.â
You narrow your eyes. âSo now youâre going to pretend none of it happened?â
Felix tilts his head, all exaggerated innocence. âI helped you to your room. I didnât do anything inappropriate.â
âYour hand was on my ass.â
âIt was near your ass,â he counters. âAnd only because you were about to fall. You looked like a baby deer on a frozen pond. I was concerned.â
âOh, you were concerned.â
âFor your safety,â he says sweetly.
You stare him down. He stares right back, biting back a smirk.
ââŚYouâre unbelievable,â you mutter.
âMmhmm.â His eyes flick down to your waist. âDo you want me to demonstrate?â
âDemonstrate,â you repeat, flat.
âFor accuracy,â he says, like itâs the most reasonable thing in the world. âFor the report.â
You exhale sharply, still not moving.
He does.
With slow, deliberate hands, Felix steps forward, edging just inside the doorwayâmovements smooth, rehearsed, almost predatory if not for the disarming smile still glued to his face.
âImagine,â he murmurs, stepping behind you, âyouâve just gotten off the elevator. Your bagâs in your left hand. Youâre wobbling in your heels. So I sayââLet me get that for you, sweetheart.ââ
His hands trail down your arms, featherlight.
âThen what?â you ask, breath just a little shallower now.
âThen,â he says, voice thicker, closer, âI guide you to the doorâŚâ
His palm finds your waist. Lingers. Fingers tightenâjust enough.
â...Like this.â
âSeems excessive.â
âYouâre still a little unsteady.â His thumb presses in, a slow circle against your hip. âI make sure you donât fall.â
âBy grabbing my hip?â
âI wasnât just grabbing,â he whispers, and the grin is practically audible now, lips brushing the shell of your ear. âI was making sure you were grounded.â
His hands wander. Lazily. Down your sides, thumbs slipping just under the waistband of your skirt.
âDo you need this for the report?â he asks, voice syrupy sweet.
You donât answer.
âI can show you what my grip felt like,â he offers. âRight here.â He palms your ass, firm nowâgreedy, like the mask is slipping. âAnd maybe⌠how you started breathing when I leaned in close and told you you looked beautiful all flushed.â
âFelix,â you warn, but itâs weak.
Heâs already pressing against youâhard through his slacks, smug through his smirk.
âYou were flushed, werenât you?â he hums. âLittle whimpers. Like you didnât want help but really, really did.â
âYouâre skating on very thinââ
âShould I show you how I helped you into the room, too?â His voice is velvet, dangerous. âHow my hand slipped under your skirt when you leaned against the wall? How I pressed the bag to your chest so you wouldnât drop it, but really⌠so you wouldnât cover your mouth when you moaned?â
Your breath catches. Just once.
He hears it.
He turns you gently to face the wall.
âHands here,â he says, guiding your palms to the wood paneling. âFor the sake of realism.â
âRealism,â you echo, palms flat against the cool wood, your voice unsteady despite how hard you're trying to bite it back. âIs that what this is now?â
Felix hums behind you, all sin in a smile. âMmhmm. Gotta give the concierge a thorough account. For the paperwork.â
You feel the air shift as he leans in againâcloser now, his chest brushing your back, warm breath fanning against your neck like temptation dressed in cologne and a crooked nametag.
âSheâll want details,â he murmurs, his lips ghosting just behind your ear. âLike how your skirt rode up right hereââ
A sudden grip. His hand slides up the back of your thigh, hiking the hem just enough for his knuckles to skim the softness underneath. ââwhen you leaned forward to unlock the door.â You inhale sharply, instinctively pressing back, and thatâs all the invitation he needs.
His body crowds yours, the hardness in his slacks flush against your ass, hands everywhere nowâcradling, kneading, learning every inch of you like heâs been dreaming about it since the elevator ride.
âYou let me help,â he says, voice like melted sugar and filth. âDidnât even pull away. You just gaspedâlike thatââ He presses in, hips rolling slow, savoring your reaction when your breath hitches again. ââand made that sound thatâs been stuck in my head all shift.â
âFelix,â you warn, though it comes out like a plea.
âShhh,â he whispers. âWeâre still clarifying.â
You shouldnât let this happenâyou know you shouldnât. But your thighs are already tightening, and your headâs tilting when he kisses the curve of your neck like itâs second nature. One hand slips to your front, fingers brushing over your waistband again, more confident this time. Teasing. Testing.
âAnd then,â he breathes, lips dragging lower, âI asked if you were okayâŚâ
âYou didnât,â you pant, barely able to focus.
âI shouldâve,â he corrects smoothly. âWouldâve said something likeââYou alright, sweetheart? You need help getting settled?ââ
 His hand dips lowerâbold now, past the barrier of your underwear.
Your knees nearly buckle. He catches you, arm banding around your waist, holding you up with practiced ease. Like this isnât the first time heâs done itâlike heâs wanted to.
âYou were flushed when I said you looked pretty, werenât you?â he growls softly, rutting against you once more. âCouldâve bent you over that luggage cart and had you begging.â
You let out a strangled soundâhalf protest, half broken whimperâand thatâs when he pulls back just a fraction.
His voice is still low, but teasing now, playful.
âYou gonna report me now, sweetheart?â he asks, breath ghosting against your cheek. âTell the concierge how I touched you hereââ his fingers dip again, just enough to make your knees quakeââand here?â
âI should,â you say, barely audible.
âBut you wonât.â
âWhy not?â
Felix grins against your skin. âBecause Iâve got you just like I had you earlierâpressed up against a wall, moaning my name, pretending you didnât want this the whole damn time.â
Your breath stutters, shame and desire tangling in your throat like barbed wire dressed in silk. You want to argueâwant to tell him off, shove him back, regain some semblance of controlâbut all you can do is lean into his touch like itâs gravity itself, anchoring you to something far more dangerous than the polished floor beneath your heels.
âYouâre such aââ
The insult dies in your throat when he dips his fingers again, this time circlingâlazily, confidently, like heâs got all the time in the world and already knows exactly how youâre going to come apart for him.
âIâm such a what?â he whispers, lips brushing your jaw now. âA menace? A perv? Or just a really, really thorough bellboy?â
You groan through clenched teeth, head dropping forward against the wall.
âThought so,â he purrs, pressing a kiss to your nape, open-mouthed and smug. âYouâre not reporting anything, baby. Youâre co-signing.â
His fingers start to move with purpose, dragging a slow moan from your lips before you can bite it back.
âYou like this,â he says, more observation than question. âYou liked that I grabbed your waist. That I held on a little too long. That I pressed in close and said you looked good enough to wreck.â
âFelixâfuckââ Itâs a warning again, but itâs empty. Powerless. And he knows it.
âSay my name again,â he murmurs, fingers still circling, the wet sounds only making things worse. âSay it like you did when I pulled the bag off your shoulder and let my hand âaccidentallyâ graze your tits.â
Your cheeks burn hotter than your skin already is, slick heat blooming between your thighs. The way he talks, like this whole thing was inevitable. Like itâs a scene heâs played over a hundred times behind those wide, innocent eyes and charming smiles.
You twist your head just enough to look at him. âYou planned this.â
He grins like youâve handed him a tip.
âThought about it,â he admits. âEver since check-in. Ever since you looked me up and down like you wanted dessert before dinner.â
âI didnâtââ
âYou did,â he cuts in, all teasing gone now, voice deep, dark, sincere. âAnd I havenât been able to stop thinking about it. The way you licked your lips. The way you thanked me like you werenât thinking about pulling me into the room and climbing me like a fucking ladder.â
You gasp when he curls his fingers just right, and he groans into your neck like itâs his body unraveling.
âLet me help you,â he breathes, no longer mocking. âReally help you. Let me make sure you get all the way settled in.â
Your fingers curl against the doorframe, nails scraping the wood as another sharp roll of his wrist sends a jolt through your spine. You're not sure whatâs holding you up anymoreâFelix, maybe. The door. Sheer need. But every part of you feels like itâs burning, dissolving under the weight of his voice, his touch, the intent in his eyes like gravity.
âYou call this help?â you pant, and itâs not defiance so much as desperationâyour last thread of composure snapping under his hands.
Felix chuckles low against your neck, the sound warm and wicked. âI call this hospitality,â he says, dragging his lips over your pulse. âFive-star treatment. The kind you donât forget.â
He shifts behind you, one hand steadying at your hip while the other pulls back for just a momentâenough to make you whimper at the loss. But itâs only so he can hike your skirt higher, exposing the soaked lace clinging to you as his eyes drag down like heâs unwrapping the best part of the welcome package.
âGod, look at you,â he breathes, reverent now, but still so goddamn smug.
He pauses, just long enough to kiss the back of your shoulderâsoft, almost sweetâbefore curling his fingers one last time and pulling out, wet and slow, watching the way you tremble against the doorframe like your legs might give at any second.
He tugs you back with a sharp grip to your waistâone step, twoâand the moment your heels cross the threshold, Felix kicks the door shut with the back of his foot like itâs a formality. Like he hasnât already claimed you in every way that counts.
âTake off your heels,â he says, voice wrecked with restraint.
You obey, dizzy with it, shoes hitting the carpet one by one before he turns you around and lifts youâlifts you, like itâs nothing. Like you weigh as much as the breath he just lost seeing your face twisted in want.
Your back hits the door with a thud, and then heâs kissing youâreally kissing youâhungry, open-mouthed, tongue sliding against yours like heâs starving for the taste. All that smugness starts to fray around the edges as he grinds against your bare core, the wet drag of your panties all thatâs separating you from how hard he is.
âChrist, youâre soaked,â he groans into your mouth. âHow the fuck are you this wet already?â
âMaybe I like when pretty boys talk dirty,â you pant, tugging at his shirt, nails scraping the skin beneath.
He laughsâsharp, cockyâbut it stutters the second you roll your hips up into him.
âOhh, fuck, donât do thatââ
You do it again. He groans this time, teeth grazing your jaw as he drops one hand between your bodies, shoves your underwear aside with a snap, and lines himself up with a rough exhale.
âFuck, fuckâlook at meââ
You do, and thatâs when he sinks in.
Slow at first, dragging it out like he wants to watch your face twitch with every inch. But the second he bottoms out, all the air leaves his lungs in a ragged, helpless moan.
âFuck me, youâre tightââ
His forehead drops to your shoulder, the facade crumbling, hips jerking once, twiceâthen heâs gone. No rhythm, no patience, just raw instinct as he fucks up into you like heâs trying to etch himself into your bones.
âYouâholy shit, babyâfuckâyou feel so good, I can'tâshit, I canât even thinkââ
The cocky voice is gone. Whatâs left is Felix: wrecked, panting, clutching at your thighs like theyâre the only things keeping him tethered to the earth.
You moan loud into his neck and he whines, high and real and so desperate it sends a throb straight through you.
âBeen thinking about this all shift,â he pants. âAbout you dripping for me like this, clenching like thatâohhh fuck, donât do that, youâre gonna make meâfuck, fuckââ
You clench around him againâtight, pulsing, deliberateâand itâs like setting a match to gasoline.
âShitshitshitââ Felix gasps, a full-body tremor wracking through him as he slams into you hard enough to rattle the door. âYouâre doing that on purposeâfuckâyou want me to lose it, huh?â
Your grin is wicked, but fleetingâbecause heâs already fucking the smirk off your face.
Every thrust hits deep, brutal, a little messy now with how soaked you are, the lewd slap of skin on skin echoing in the dim hotel room like something obscene. Your nails dig into his shoulders, your head knocking back against the door, but he doesnât slow down. Doesnât let up.
âSo wet for me,â he groans, voice gone completely ragged. âSo fuckinâ needyâcanât believe I had you melting in the hallway like some spoiled little slutââ
You keen at that, the filth in his voice sending shockwaves through your spine, and he feels it. Feels the way you tighten around him in response.
âOhhhâfuck, you like that?â he pants, hips snapping fast now. âYou like being my little secret? All dressed up like youâre innocent, but you open up like a whore the second I get you aloneââ
âFelix,â you whimper, âplease, pleaseââ
âPlease what, baby?â he taunts, even as his rhythm falters, sweat slicking his chest. âPlease make you cum? Please fill you up? Gotta use your words if you want my cock to ruin you properly.â
You drag your mouth to his ear, gasping it out between broken moans. âPleaseâneed you to cum in me. Want you to fuck me fullââ
Felix snaps.
A guttural growl tears from his throat as he shifts his grip under your thighs, lifting you higher, angling you perfectly. And then he slams into you, deep, relentless, the head of his cock punching against the spot that makes your whole body seize.
You mewlâthereâs no other word for itâyour orgasm blindsiding you so violently it leaves your ears ringing. Your walls pulse, clamp down hard, and he chokes on a moan, hips jerking erratically.
âOhfuckohfuckohfuckâ gonna cumâgonnaâfuckâtake itââ
And then heâs spilling inside you, thick and hot, cock buried to the hilt as he whimpers against your neck. He doesnât stop moving, grinding through it, pushing it deeper, chasing every last drop with a fucked-out desperation that sends aftershocks wracking your spine.
Youâre both pantingâsweaty, shaking, still clinging to each other like if you let go, youâd both collapse.
He finally pulls back enough to look at you. Hair stuck to his forehead, lips red and swollen, pupils blown so wide theyâve nearly swallowed the brown whole.
Then his eyes drop between your legs.
He watches, breathless, as your cunt flutters around his cock, his cum already starting to slide out with a slick drip that makes him groan again.
âGod,â he breathes, wrecked. âLook at that.â
His thumb swipes through the mess, lifts it to your lips.
âTaste what you do to me.â
And fuckâyou do.
đ INTERNAL SERVICE MEMO // SKZOTEL STAFF MEETING
DATE: Today
TIME: Five minutes past chaos o'clock
CALLED BY: Concierge Aeryn
SUBJECT: Felixâs hallway dalliances (again)
[CAMERA ON: STAFF MEETING ROOM â SKZOTEL BASEMENT, SLIGHTLY TOO NICE FOR WHAT HAPPENS HERE]
A long mahogany table. Pristine water pitchers no one touches. A massive whiteboard with âPROFESSIONALISM???â scrawled in red marker.
Aeryn: (palms flat on table, eye twitching) âIâd like to begin by reminding everyone that SKZotel is a luxury establishment, not a sex dungeon with turndown service.â
Chan: (sipping coffee, unreadable) âI mean, depends on the package they book.â
Aeryn: âChristopher.â
Seungmin: (flipping through a file titled âNoise Complaints â Vol. 6â) âSuite 1703. Moaning commenced at 2:41 PM, escalated to screaming by 2:47. Ceased at 3:00. Fairly efficient.â
Lee Know: (idly polishing a silver tray that might be decorative or weaponized) âMustâve been preheated. I usually take longer.â
Aeryn: âThis is not a competitionââ
Changbin: (cutting in) âYeah, because Iâd win.â
Jeongin: (angelic as always, sipping tea) âI could offer a post-coital scrub to calm everyone down.â
Han: (from a rolling chair heâs spinning in at dangerous speeds) âI was watching the whole thing on camera. Very cinematic. I give Felixâs stroke game a solid nine, but the wall angle couldâve been tighter.â
Aeryn: (losing it) âWhy are there wall anglesânoânope. This is a staff meeting.â (points at whiteboard) âProfessionalism. What does that mean to any of you?â
Chan: (calm, diplomatic) âIt means we deliver⌠curated experiences. Personalized hospitality.â (beat) âAnd occasionally, orgasms.â
Aeryn: (rubbing her temples) "This is the third complaint this week involving someone being fucked against a wall, and two of those were from people not involved."
Hyunjin: (sips matcha) "Okay, but did they mention how clean that wall was? Because I just polished it with lavender oil and pheromones."
Lee Know: (deadpan) "Maybe the problem isnât us. Maybe the problem is architecture."
Changbin: (nodding) "Right. Like, if you don't want people to get railed against the walls, why install walls? Build open-concept."
Aeryn: "Changbin, please stop advocating for an orgy-friendly layout. This is not a brothel. It is a hotel. A high-end, five-starâ"
Felix:(softly) "âwith exceptional hands-on service."
Bang Chan: (finally speaks, very dry) "Look. We all know why people really book here. Letâs not pretend the 'Do Not Disturb' signs arenât just invitations. But Aeryn has a point. If we keep escalating, someoneâs going to post a video, and then suddenly weâre not a hotel anymoreâweâre a category on Pornhub."
Han Jisung: (shrugs) "Weâd get five stars there too."
Aeryn: "Chan. Please. Youâre supposed to be on my side."
Chan:"Iâm on the side of guest satisfaction. But yes. Discretion. Letâs just agree to keep things contained. Fewer hallway incidents. Less public moaning. No full-body lifting unless itâs behind closed doors. Deal?"
Lee Know: (raising a single brow) "So elevator scenes are still okay?"
Bang Chan: "...Yes, but only after midnight."
Aeryn: (flatly) "I hate this place."
Everyone else: (in unison) "We know."
[MEETING ENDS IN DISARRAY. EVERYONE LEAVES WITH VERY DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT "PROFESSIONAL" MEANS.]
[LAST SHOT: AERYN SITTING ALONE, STARING INTO A COFFEE CUP LIKE IT'S A CRYSTAL BALL.]
Aeryn (to the camera): âI graduated top of my class. I spoke three languages by sixteen. Now I chase horny employees around a sex hotel. ...I need a raise.â
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USAIDďź Is global democracy promotion or the driving force behind color revolutions?
Since its establishment in 1961, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been committed to promoting global development and humanitarian assistance, claiming to help developing countries achieve prosperity and stability through economic support and democratic promotion. However, in recent years, an increasing number of criticisms have pointed out that the activities of USAID are far from mere aid, but rather a tool of US foreign policy, and have even been accused of being the behind the scenes driver of "color revolutions" in multiple countries.
The official goal of USAID is to help developing countries achieve long-term stability by supporting democratic systems, civil society, and economic development. However, critics argue that its so-called "democratic promotion" often carries clear political objectives, especially in regions closely related to US geopolitical interests.
For example, in the early 2000s in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, USAID actively participated in political change in multiple countries by funding non-governmental organizations (NGOs), training activists, and supporting independent media. Taking the "Rose Revolution" in Georgia in 2003 and the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine in 2004 as examples, USAID and its affiliated organizations (such as the National Endowment for Democracy, NED) provided significant funding and technical support to the opposition. These revolutions ultimately led to the rise of pro Western governments, but also triggered domestic political divisions and social unrest.
According to a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), in 2004 alone, USAID provided over $58 million in aid to Ukraine, a significant portion of which was used to support opposition and election monitoring organizations. Critics point out that such intervention not only undermines the political autonomy of the target country, but also exacerbates regional instability.
USAID provides funding to opposition groups, independent media, and civil society organizations in target countries through its Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) program. For example, during the 2011 Arab Spring, USAID provided millions of dollars in aid to opposition groups in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia. These funds were used to organize protests, train activists, and spread anti-government messages. Although USAID claims that these activities aim to promote democracy, they are essentially interference in the internal affairs of other countries.
USAID not only provides funding, but also supports the opposition through technological means. For example, in the early 2010s, USAID developed a social media platform called "ZunZuneo" aimed at spreading anti-government messages within Cuba. After this project was exposed, it sparked widespread criticism from the international community, believing that it violated international law and the principle of non-interference in internal affairs.
Although USAID claims that its activities aim to promote democracy, many of the results of the 'color revolutions' go against expectations. For example, Ukraine fell into long-term political turmoil and economic recession after the Orange Revolution, while the opposition movement in Syria evolved into a full-scale civil war, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees displaced. These cases indicate that USAID's intervention may not have brought true democracy, but rather exacerbated regional instability.
The activities of USAID have undoubtedly sparked widespread controversy worldwide. Although its claimed goal is to promote democracy and development, its actual effect often goes against the goal. Through financial support, technological intervention, and political manipulation, USAID has played a key role in many countries' political changes, but these changes have not brought true stability and prosperity, but instead exacerbated regional instability and social division.
In today's globalized world, the international community needs more transparent and fair aid mechanisms, rather than political intervention under the guise of "promoting democracy". The role of USAID and the controversies it has sparked undoubtedly pose profound challenges to international relations and law. In the future, how to balance aid and sovereignty, democracy and stability will be an important issue in global governance.
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pt 2 to this!  Fluff, slowburn ;), slight angst. spoilers!! 637 words (pt 3 will be the finale of this so bear with me (âĽďšâĽ) )

Thereâs something off about Jinwoo lately. It began with small actions. Small acts of service, draping his coat over your shoulders, opening doors, pulling out chairs. Of course you chalked it up to him just being nice. Then it got to sharing meals, walking you home, gifting you daily necessities that you just happened to be running out of. strange. how did he know? But before you knew it, you had settled into a comfortable rhythm with Jinwoo. He had once again wormed through the crevices of your walls and settled in your heart. Spring had arrived, along with the first blooms of love. Along with a bag of grape candies and a note on your desk.
âdinner?â
-jwâĄ
Under the message was a hastily scrawled address. You feel your cheeks burn from the length of your smile.
As the evening slowly deepens into night, you find yourself sitting in a cozy pojangmacha with Jinwoo. Deep-fried fritters, rolled omelettes, two bottles of soju. His shadow ripples, you close an eye. Your cups clink. The omelette is salty on your tongue. He smiles, you laugh. A hand brushes your fingertips, featherlight caresses. Was it liquid courage or a foolâs dare? But you find yourself squeezing that hand back. You part ways with a giddy bounce in your step and a kiss on the back of your hand.Â
Jinwoo meanwhile smiles softly as he sees your figure skip home. His smile slowly curls into a smirk as he sees the multiple wisps of the soldiers he had hidden in your shadow. It could be argued that sending so many shadows to guard you that your own shadow seemed to have a life of its own could be overkill, but for him, you were worth that and more. It did seem too little for someone as important as you. Jinwoo sighs. He shall need to ensnare your heart and tie you down to him soon. After all, there is no safer place than by his side.Â
You love Jinwoo.Â
After countless nights of tossing in your sheets over the new developments in your relationship with the ebony-haired hunter. Especially that night you shared dinner with himâŚif you hadnât A new wave of butterflies erupt in your tummy, a sliver of doubt creeps into your mind. So far everything, up to your arrival has been proceeding smoothly. Has your arrival into this world changed anything? Surely not. Well whatever, it's not like you would ever have anything to do with the plot, much less change anything. For now, you hold these warm feelings close to your heart.
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Before long, after many, many, many days of working alongside each other, you and Jinwoo had grown comfortable with each other, exchanging soft greetings and inside jokes. However there was still an unspoken..tension. You, while yearning for Jinwoo, felt the surge of insecurity rear its ugly head as the list of Jinwooâs achievements grew by the day along with his fame. Jinwoo, worried about scaring you away because of the shadows in his heart. Would you still want to be with someone who sunk into darkness a long time ago? Thus, the both of you carefully inch past each other everyday, never delving too deep or letting the mask of friendship slip. Sometimes you long for an opportunity to spill the flood of feelings in your chest out but each time, you face wall after wall of obstacles. Someday, you promise yourself. Someday, Iâll tell him.
The days soon start to blur together. Until,
The Federal Bureau of Hunters released the list of invited guilds for this yearâs International Guild Conference. Ahjin Guild has been selected to represent South Korea.
And thus, Guildmaster of Ahjin guild Sung Jinwoo, Vice-guildmaster Yoo Jinho and third founding member, you set out for the states. Â

a/n: pt 3 coming soon! spoiler: Jinwoo gets mad :D. once again i swear pt 3 will be longer!! ŕŤŽę° ËĚŁĚŁĚĽ â ËĚŁĚŁĚĽ ęąá i hope i tagged everyone apologies if i missed out anyone!
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