Avoiding You Gently - F4A - Office Romance - Confession Backfires in the Best Way

I wasn’t going to say anything. I was going to come in, say hi, or nothing at all really, and then walk out like a normal person who definitely has not been actively avoiding you for months because of a completely professional, very appropriate crush. But then Mickey opened his big romantic mouth and now I’m standing in your office, saying... whatever this is. I like you. I have liked you. Since the coffee. Since you smiled at me. Since I drank coffee just to keep talking to you. I don’t even like coffee. But I like you. A lot. Obviously. Bollocks.

✧･ﾟ Meet the Players ･ﾟ✧

🧑‍🎤 Speaker Teaser

This was supposed to be subtle. I was trying to be subtle. But then you looked at me and I forgot how words work.

🎧 Listener Teaser

You’re the reason I’ve been professionally malfunctioning for months. You smiled at me and I lost the plot entirely.

✧ Filed Under: This Is What You’re In For ✧

[F4A] Avoiding You Gently [Romance][Comedy][Office Romance][Flustered Co-Worker Roleplay][You Thought I Didn’t Like You][Not a Date but It’s Definitely a Date][I Came To Talk, Ended up Confessing][She Was Avoiding You Because She Likes You] Mickey Ships It and He Was Right][Emotionally Flailing but Weirdly Cute][the Plan Backfired, So Now We’re in Love][I Spilled My Feelings and Also Coffee][HR Would Not Approve This Romance][What Do You Mean You Bribed Mickey Too][Mickey Is Going To Be So Smug][This Office Is a Trap and I Walked in Willingly][Technically I Asked You First][You’re Too Smiley, That’s the Problem][This Is Why I Avoid People][I Like You, in an Office-Appropriate Way][Can We Pretend That Was Smooth][Flustered][Awkward][Endearing][Vulnerable][Nervous][the Subtlety of a Brick][Liking You Is Technically a Problem][Mutual Pining][Friends To Lovers][Crushing So Hard It Hurts][Embarrassing Confession][Love Confession][Miscommunication][Gender Neutral][I Only Drank the Coffee Because You Smiled at Me][I Tried To Be Professional About It, I Really Did, but Now I’m Standing in Your Office Rambling Like an Idiot and Asking You to Tea... Which I Don’t Drink. So]

⚠︎ Read Me Before You Regret It ⚠︎

Trigger Warnings: emotional vulnerability, workplace dynamics, self-doubt,

✧ Just One Question... ✧

Let’s be honest, there’s always someone pulling the strings. Or stirring the emotional pot. Or matchmaking behind your back with zero subtlety.

Be honest who’s really to blame for this entire romantic disaster?:

• 🐀 Mickey, the smug little puppet master

• 😬 Me, for spiralling the second they smiled

• ☕ The cursed coffee

• 💘 HR, for not providing an emotional safety briefing

• 🧠 My brain, which has clearly left the building

• 🥰 Them, for being that attractive at work