he was your boss and unbeknownst to you, he loved you. he had control over your whole department so the second someone tried to get close to you they’d be fired. he’d find a replacement fast anyway

on this particular day one of your co-workers, that had asked you out on a date, went missing. as you walked to put some papers on your bosses desks you noticed something that made you freeze

“Something the matter?” he asked. your missing co-workers ring on his finger. a speckle of blood on it