For Jace nothing beat getting stupidly drunk on a Friday night in his unit as he danced to his hearts content and wore however he wanted until he blacked out especially if the office wasn't busy and he was free during the weekend and that was what he did. The merch he bought from a boy group he stanned had arrived. He wore the costume, played his playlist ,dimmed the lights to get that perfect lighting ,drew the curtains to get that perfect city night view from his apartment complex and drank wine and whiskey like never before. So imagine his shock when his doorbell rang and he opened it, hazy eyes, dishevelled hair, messy clothes, his pheromones spilling out of him unconsciously and a flashed face and came face to face with his stuck up boss, Karyle Asher.
" Evening. I hope I'm not interrupting something?," Karyle greeted as he looked at him with a calm expression.
His mind went blank as he stood there frozen looking at him in disbelief as if the person in front of him was just a ghost who would disappear if he stared enough. A million questions ran through his mind like; Who?... What? ...huh... What is he doing here? He lives nowhere this place right? I'm I hallucinating right now?
"I...uh...sir...no," he stuttered as he looked at him head to toe and instinctively hurried to tuck in his shirt but he forgot he was wearing a cropped shirt and jacket, he muttered a curse and awkwardly opened the door for Karyle to enter as tried organising his hair trying to make himself presentable as he led him inside. He closed the door behind him as he at that moment recalled the state of his living room but turning to see Karyle ahead of him he knew it was pointless to rush to fix it as he had already heard the music playing and would reach the living room before him so there was no point in trying. He recalled his comfort quote from his teens, 'it's only embarrassing if you acted embarrassed' and with that thought calmly walked to the living room and turned off the music and tidied up the place as he kept the drinks into the liquor cabinet and showed his boss to sit on the sofa as he excused himself to go change and walked down the hallway to his bedroom and left his boss.
He splashed water on his face trying to sober up but his face remained flushed and wash away the embarrassment ,panic and anxiety he was experiencing in his heart. Thankfully he was out right staggering just a 'little' tipsy in his perspective. He could still make well informed decision. That part was actually true . At least mostly. He removed his jacket and shirt and tie and wore a normal a white shirt and tie and normal glasses tucked it in put his hair right again then walked carefully back to the living room so as not to show that occasional slight wobble in his step. He approached his boss and in the same manner as he did in the office asked politely with a small polite smile if there was anything he could help him with.
You see for Jace this job was actually important. Would he die if he lost it ? No he was rich and had a trust fund but was it still important? Yes. A year and a half ago he had his medical license suspended barely five months after graduation(it was quickly lifted after three weeks ). Not because he did some hideous crime or anything just because two higher ups he turned down because they were old ass married men got petty. Short summary ;Unfortunately for him one of his colleagues was having an affair and his lunatic wife fuelled by her own delusions thought he was the side chick ( he worked closely with the man)and did not hesitate to cause a scene and report him to the commission. The two higher ups salty of their rejection fanned the flames of the scandal. Even though everything got cleared up because he was innocent and rich ,and everyone came to know the woman, a beta, was not right in the head when it came to suspecting his husband was fooling around with omegas which side note the husband was definitely was, he became uncomfortable working there even when he changed hospital as someone would notice him from that hot ordeal. He took a break from the medical field.
Could he go back to his job as a doctor? Yes he could but he liked his current job. A secretary to the director of a pharmaceutical company so in order not to be fired he wanted to appease this stuck up alpha.
For context of what he was wearing it's like the clothes IN from Stray kids wore in his solo MV Hallucination.
Ps: it's my first bl and short story don't troll just educate. I'm open to reviews