Tseng knows he shouldn’t want you. Gaia, is he aware of just how wrong it is to pine after the President’s — his direct boss’s — partner.

But he just can’t seem to stop himself.

He spends so much time around you, whether it be monitoring you while your husband is undoubtably busy with his duties or just watching you from afar, it was practically inevitable that he’d fall for you.

To make matters worse, he knows he could treat you so much better than that overgrown manchild Rufus can, but he’s also painfully aware that he’ll never get the chance to prove it.

“Hey,” Tseng murmurs as he strolls into your quarters, assigned to check on you yet again by his boss to make sure you aren’t going stir crazy from being left along for so long. “How are you doing today?”