"Sarah...SARAH!" Louis Litt barked, whilst banging his hand firmly on top of the cubicle in front of him. Sarah immediately snapped out of her daydream, looking up at Louis from behind her desk, her heart racing from the sudden shock.

"Erm, yes Louis?" she asked nervously. He rolled his eyes back into his balding head before leaning forwards towards her.

"Listen here you little piece of shit," he started, his voice now a whisper, "I do not pay you to sit and stare at the wall, so if you don't have that brief finished in half an hour I will make sure this is your last day here."

"Of course Louis, I'll get it done," Sarah replied with a sigh, watching as Louis stormed off to find another associate to terrorise. Sarah had always been incredibly shy, but that hadn't mattered during college or law school – she kept to herself, and could always just hide in the library or her room if things got too much. This, however, was the real world, and although her amazing grades had allowed her to achieve her dream of working at Pearson Specter Litt, she knew she would soon have to start getting herself noticed if she wanted to stay.

Sarah wasn't hired as an associate who would work for a specific partner, she was taken on as an extra, someone to fill in paper work and write briefs, as and when she was needed. She knew this meant she wouldn't gain experience as quickly as the other associates, but at least she was in the door, right? Wrong. After two months at the firm she hadn't been to court, she never got to meet clients, in fact, she hardly ever left her desk. She had never even met Harvey Specter, named partner of her firm, and the most talked about man in the world of New York law. Sarah turned back to her computer, trying to force herself to think about something other than the disappointment of her job, when the door opened, and in strode a man in a perfectly tailored suit, with a thousand dollar haircut to match.

Now that's what real confidence looks like, Sarah thought.

"Louis, I need to borrow one of your associates," said Harvey, as he strode across the room.

"Sure thing Harvey, take your pick, they are all just as worthless as each other!" replied Louis, loud enough for the associates to hear.

Harvey... Sarah's ears pricked up at the mention of his name and she looked up from her computer screen. They definitely weren't lying when they said he was attractive, she thought, peering over her cubicle to get a better look at him.

"Cut the crap Louis, I just need you to give me the quietest associate in the whole firm."

Louis looked at Harvey in confusion before turning to scan the room, stopping as his eyes reached one desk in particular.

"Well that would be Sarah over here," said Louis, pointing across the room, "the girl never even speaks!"

"Perfect," grinned Harvey, as he began walking towards her. Sarah sprung up out of her seat and stuck out her hand to shake Harvey's, a little too enthusiastically.

"Hello Mr Specter, I'm... I'm Sarah Thompson," she said nervously. Harvey smirked at her and stared at her hand for a moment, before choosing to ignore it and turning towards the door.

"Come with me," he shouted over his shoulder.

Sarah had to run to keep up with Harvey's long legs, trying to be as careful as possible not to trip up in her stilettos, the last thing she needed was to embarrass herself in front of the great Harvey Specter.

"Erm...Mr Specter," said Sarah, a little out of breath, "I um, just wanted to say thank you for this opportunity and I..."

"Firstly," Harvey interrupted, "you can call me Harvey, secondly this does not mean you are now my new associate, and thirdly, you don't even know what I'm going to ask you to do yet so why are you thanking me?"

Taken aback slightly Sarah took the last part to be a rhetorical question, and continued to follow him down the hall to his office. When they arrived Sarah stopped for a moment, in awe of the New York skyline which could be seen through the glass all around them.

"Hi I'm Mike, you're Sarah right?"

"Um yeah I am," Sarah smiled, shaking the hand of the young man now stood in front of her. She was grateful for the warm reception, but slightly confused as to how Mike knew her name.

"Okay Sarah," said Harvey, gesturing for her and Mike to sit down opposite him at his desk, "like I said before, this is a onetime thing. Louis said you like to keep to yourself and I need an associate who will keep their mouth shut, do you think you can manage that?"

"Yes of course Harvey," replied Sarah sincerely, attempting to hide her excitement.

"Good, because if you don't, your days will be numbered at this firm." Harvey paused for a moment, staring at her intensely with his dark eyes. It was meant to scare her, but Sarah found herself swooning rather than shaking in fear.

"Okay, so basically someone is stealing from one of our biggest clients, and the reason I need you to keep quiet is because the person behind it is a relative of one of our senior partners," Harvey said, standing up and fastening the button of his charcoal Tom Ford suit jacket.

"So this is sort of like legal fight club!" Sarah interjected excitedly. Mike and Harvey just stared back at her in confusion.

"Because... the first rule is we aren't allowed to talk about it," she explained. The men grinned at each other as though they were sharing a private joke, before Harvey turned to Sarah and said "I think we are going to get along just fine."

"Mike will have to fill you in on the details because I have a meeting to get to, and I expect the two of you to have come up with a few ideas as to how we can get proof before I get back," said Harvey, walking towards the door.

"Hey Harvey, what meeting?" asked Mike.

"That's none of your goddamn business, oh and Mike, try not to spend too much time flirting with Sarah here, we actually have a job to do."

Sarah found herself blushing slightly as she watched Harvey leave. Mike was a great looking guy, and rumour had it things were getting serious between him and Rachel Zane, the gorgeous paralegal turned associate with legs that went on for days. Why on Earth would he want to flirt with her?

"Okay Sarah, so I take it this is your first time working with Harvey?" asked Mike, leaving Sarah no time to dwell on Harvey's words.

"Yeah it is," she replied, "in fact, this is the first time I've actually met him."

"Oh," said Mike, slightly shocked, "well there's a few things you should know about him. He'll treat you more like a partner than an associate, which is great but also puts you under a lot of pressure, he'll expect you to be one step ahead at all times. Secondly, don't be afraid to say it like it is, he'll respect you more if you push the boundaries and get a little cocky than if you act like you are scared of him, and that's especially true when it comes to women..."

Oh what a surprise, he likes strong, confident women, thought Sarah. I have no chance then!

"...and thirdly, he's going through a bit of a rough patch right now, so if he snaps at you, just try not to take it personally."

"A rough patch?" Sarah questioned.

"Yeah his secretary left him to work for Louis and he isn't exactly taking it well."

"Wait...Donna left him?!"

Donna was one of the few key players in the firm that Sarah had actually met, and she was an amazing woman. Sarah also knew that Donna and Harvey had worked together for years, and that people had always thought there was something going on between them. There had to be an interesting story as to why she had left him after such a long time, to work for Louis of all people, but judging by the way Mike silently nodded at her, Sarah realised that now probably wasn't the best time to ask. Instead she got to work reading through the huge box of documents sat on the desk in front of them.

By the time Harvey returned to the office six hours later, Mike and Sarah were sprawled on the floor below a whiteboard covered in writing, documents and empty food cartons all around them. Harvey entered and stopped in the doorway, his eyebrows knitted together in annoyance at the mess he saw before him.

"Why the hell does it look like a bomb went off in my office?" he asked. Sarah stood up, startled at his sudden entrance, while Mike stayed sat on the floor, smirking.

"It's okay Sarah," said Mike, "Harvey isn't going to mind the mess when he finds out what we've uncovered."

"Well it had better be something good," started Harvey, picking up an empty takeout carton and throwing it in the trash in disgust, "because I need to know you've spent the last six hours doing something other than eating Chinese food and making a mess."

"Yeah speaking of that, what meeting could possibly take six hours? Do you have a new girlfriend we don't know about?" asked Mike.

"I told you," Harvey shrugged, sitting down at his desk, "it's none of your goddamn business who I had a meeting with, and my sex life is also none of your business!"

Sarah felt her cheeks turning pink at the mention of Harvey's sex life, something she thought she would very much like to be a part of. She mentally scolded herself for thinking such inappropriate thoughts about her new boss, but found herself staring at him as she and Mike began to tidy up. It was at that moment she noticed that something wasn't quite right. Quiet people may not always be at the centre of the action, but they often spend so much time watching and listening to others, that they become great at reading people. Sarah noticed that Harvey's tie was slightly off centre, when that morning it had been perfect, his hand had a slight shake to it when he picked up his pen, and his eyes were red, almost as if... had Harvey Specter been crying?

"Anyway you two, stop distracting me and tell me this supposedly great idea you've had," Harvey instructed.

"Well," started Mike, as he and Sarah sat down opposite Harvey, and began to discuss everything they had uncovered in the last six hours. Sarah left the talking to Mike and continued to watch Harvey curiously. There was something about those gorgeous brown eyes of his that looked different from earlier in the day, as though he'd put up an internal wall to hide whatever had happened that afternoon. It was heartbreaking to look at, such a confident and handsome man who seemed, sort of broken. Sarah was determined to find out what was wrong and was desperate to help. She may have only just met the man but he made her heart race, and as her caring side took over, Sarah didn't care if it wasn't her place – she was going to fix Harvey Specter.