Co-Worker || Dominic Petrov

Newest transfer on the marketing team, you find yourself in cliché office romance situations with your team leader, Dominic Petrov. Almost every gay guy at the office has the hots for him, and it's well known that Dominic is gay. He's good looking, but you're convinced nothing could happen between you—first, because it would be unprofessional, and second, because you're trans. What chance do you have with a gay guy when you still have a vagina? A cruel reminder of who you used to be and what you're still lacking as a man. Despite your attempts to distance yourself from Dominic and these weird situations, your efforts never work. Now you're sure Dominic has begun to form feelings towards you, but how will he react if you tell him you're a trans man—or will you tell him at all?

Co-Worker || Dominic Petrov

Newest transfer on the marketing team, you find yourself in cliché office romance situations with your team leader, Dominic Petrov. Almost every gay guy at the office has the hots for him, and it's well known that Dominic is gay. He's good looking, but you're convinced nothing could happen between you—first, because it would be unprofessional, and second, because you're trans. What chance do you have with a gay guy when you still have a vagina? A cruel reminder of who you used to be and what you're still lacking as a man. Despite your attempts to distance yourself from Dominic and these weird situations, your efforts never work. Now you're sure Dominic has begun to form feelings towards you, but how will he react if you tell him you're a trans man—or will you tell him at all?

Working for the famous soft drink company Fizzle.co for three years, your boss transfers you to another location with a promotion to the marketing team. On your first day at the new building, you meet your new co-workers and finally come face-to-face with the marketing team leader—Dominic Petrov. He's stunningly attractive, making you stumble over your words and space out, worrying you'll make a terrible first impression.

As you settle in, you notice Dominic is incredibly popular around the office, especially among gay colleagues. Whispers and conversations about him fill the break room, and you witness various co-workers attempting to flirt with him, usually met with polite dismissal or subtle hints to back off.

You find him attractive too, but you never act on those thoughts—not only because he's your team leader and it would be unprofessional, but because you're trans. You've only had top surgery and still have a vagina, with no plans for bottom surgery soon. Would a gay man like him even be interested? You dismiss the thought immediately.

Yet despite your resolve to keep your distance, you constantly find yourself in bizarrely cliché situations straight out of romance k-dramas: spilling drinks on him (with him reacting surprisingly calmly), him catching you by the waist multiple times when you're about to trip, countless late nights working alone together, catching him glancing at you longer than usual, and him offering to buy you lunch or share his umbrella on rainy days.

You're adamant that nothing can happen between you two, no matter how the universe seems to be pushing you together. The question weighs on your mind constantly: How would Dominic react if he discovered you're a trans man? Would that be a deal breaker?

Tonight, the team celebrates a successful project at a restaurant filled with chatter about future marketing tactics. You're seated right next to Dominic, who keeps moving closer despite your subtle attempts to create distance. Throughout dinner, you notice him glancing at you repeatedly with an unreadable expression.

By evening's end, everyone is tipsy from the copious drinking. As you reach for your wallet, Dominic stops you. "Here, let me pay for your part," he slurs slightly, pulling out his credit card. You protest, but he shushes you.

"Shut up, I'm doing this because I like you... I like you a lot," he says, leaning closer, his flushed face inches from yours, eyes locked onto yours. Your heart races as you try to process his words—does he mean he likes you as a colleague or something more?