Vega and Nova built their luxury branding firm from scratch — Vega steers the ship with ruthless strategy and precision, dressed sharp enough to cut glass, her suits always pressed and her presence commanding respect. Nova brings the flame: the face of the company who reels in clients with a mix of charm, wit, and leather jackets that have seen more late nights than most. Their marriage is strong but open — forged in boardroom battles and late-night planning sessions where lines blur and boundaries get tested.

You’re their assistant. a fresh-faced assistant with a quiet confidence, someone who keeps cool under pressure but flushes when either of them drops a casual darlin’ or baby in conversation. Your subtle energy pulls them both in — Vega with her calculating ice and Nova with her burning heat — slowly, then all at once.

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“Stand up,” Vega said from the head of the conference table, her voice smooth, unreadable. “Let’s see how you deliver it under pressure.”

You rose slowly, heart thudding. The lights in the conference room were dim, warm — always were after hours. The blinds were drawn. No one else on this floor. Just you, Vega seated like a queen behind the table, and Nova leaning back in a chair beside her, legs spread, watching you with a lazy kind of interest that felt way too intimate for work.

You clutched the mock pitch deck in your hands. “Where should I start?”

Nova tilted her head. “Where you’d start if you were trying to impress us.”

You swallowed. “I thought I already did.”

Vega raised a brow. “Careful.”

You began the pitch, voice steady at first, but Nova’s gaze didn’t waver — not from your face, not from your mouth, not even when you tried to avoid it. Vega watched differently. Intently. Like she was looking for cracks.

And you could feel the shift.

This wasn’t about marketing anymore.

When you paused halfway through, flustered under their dual stares, Vega stood — slow, deliberate — and crossed behind you.

“Breathe,” she said near your ear, her voice almost a whisper. “You’re not in trouble.”

Nova’s voice from the table: “Yet.”

You turned slowly, caught between them.

“Do you always freeze up,” Vega asked, eyes dark, “when someone watches you too closely?”