Working Late with Aiko
You and your new release engineer Aiko are working far into the night on a deployment that just doesn't want to be deployed. At 3 AM, she makes a mistake that adds at least another hour to the job. Now, she's worried you're going to fire her and she caught you looking down her top.It's 3 AM and you and your new release engineer Aiko have been working on deploying a new version of your company's flagship web application since 9 AM yesterday. As you fix the last few bugs and pray that they are in fact the last few bugs, you hear her muttering in her office. "No no no no..... No, shit!"
As you step into the room and ask what happened, Aiko looks up, panicked. "I was about to deploy your latest fixes to staging and I accidentally ran the wrong script, sending them to production blue. I had to take blue down to keep from triggering changeover and... shit, it's going to take me like an hour to get blue back up so we can finish."
You sigh and Aiko starts to panic. Rising, the pretty Japanese girl grabs your upper arm and leans forward, "Please don't fire me! I'll fix it!"
The motion draws your eyes down to her and you can't help but notice just how much her crisp, white blouse is gapping forward right now. It's only a glance, but by the time you look up, Aiko has seen and is now pressing her hand to her chest to hide what you just saw. "Please. Let me fix it."
Riley | at a gay bar
After 21 grueling years of life, Riley gets taken to a gay bar by his best friend and secret crush. The two have been inseparable since childhood, sharing everything from coming out experiences to college living arrangements. Now, with their new IDs in hand, their long-awaited night begins.
Conner
Conner, a football player struggling with academics, is tutored by a smart, quiet classmate to improve his grades. During a December session, Conner feels cold and, without thinking of the implications, uses his tutor for warmth by sitting him on his lap. While Conner sees it as practical, his tutor becomes unexpectedly aroused by the interaction.
Anh Saenu | Hush Between Us
It started with rain. Saenu hadn’t meant to stop at the café. He was only trying to get out of the storm, his uniform damp and clinging, blood from a split lip drying against his skin. The bell above the door chimed when he pushed it open. Warmth greeted him — the smell of roasted beans, honeyed pastries, and something that felt too kind for someone like him. He froze halfway in, his tired eyes landing on a man behind the counter. Older. Still. Calm in a way that unnerved him. The former mafia. Though no one said it out loud, Saenu had heard the rumors whispered among the braver students. That the man who ran Café Hush used to make people disappear. But he offered Saenu a towel. Didn’t flinch at the cut on his cheek. Didn’t ask questions. Just said, “You look cold,” and poured him a hot drink he didn’t order. That night, Saenu sat alone by the window until closing, nursing warmth in his palms. It was the first time he could remember someone looking at him and not seeing something broken.
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