Zara was sitting at her desk writing invoices when Leon came down the hallway and leaned against the desk. He gave her a beaming smile and she all but melted into her seat before resting her chin on her elbow.

"Yes? You look like you want something." She asked with playful suspicion.

"You are correct. Two things." He held up two fingers. "First. Probably a dumb question. Have you heard Sulfur's new song?"

"Yes." She answered with a dramatic sigh and a hand over her heart. Their new single had been playing on constant repeat since it was released this morning.

Aaron had rolled his eyes and groaned when she'd literally screeched upon opening her music app to find that Sulfur had released a single. Leon had run down the hallway from his office in concern at her abrupt noise, but relaxed when he'd seen that she was doing a happy dance with her phone in her hand.

Leon smiled broadly. "Second. I need to ask you a favour. Could you please practice the vocals for it? Melody and harmonies? I have something I need your help with."

"Uhh…I guess." She agreed, but narrowed her at eyes at him in concern.

"No rush, since I'll need your help in a few weeks, but I just wanted to ask while I remembered." He said with a grateful smile, and Zara nodded.

"I take it you won't be providing any more details about this?" She asked fully expecting him to run away as he laughed maniacally.

"It's nothing major and not even confirmed yet. Just wanted you to keep it in mind, even though I know you're already singing the song here ever day." He grinned at her and she shrugged nonchalantly.

"I don't think I've played anything else since it came out."

"You know that if they've released a single, that likely means they'll be touring again soon. I remember you were complaining about it a while ago." Leon suggested optimistically and Zara's jaw dropped and she clapped in excitement.

"I will have to take three days off to recover emotionally afterwards." She flopped back in her chair dramatically and put the back of her hand against her forehead.

His shoulders moved as he laughed at her and shook his head. After pushing off the desk, he gently cupped her cheeks and kissed her forehead before leaving her to get back to finishing the invoices.

It took her a few minutes to regroup and focus on her work but she put her earbud back in and started playing the Sulfur song again. She had memorised probably half of the lyrics by now, even though the song had only been released roughly 5 hours ago. So she could practice better, she jotted them down on a notepad to help her remember. When she got to the chorus and wrote down the first line, a small light flashed in the back of her mind, trying to get her attention. She stopped writing, and wondered why she felt like the lyrics sounded familiar for some reason. The band sometimes repeated or paraphrased certain lines or phrases for different effect, but she couldn't recall another song of theirs that used similar lyrics.

Shrugging it off, she continued until she'd jotted all the lyrics of the song to refer back to while she practiced…

Zara scribbled down the details that Leon had read out to her and would head back to put them in the calendar at the front desk in a moment. They were just finishing up for the day, and the artist had already left, and so had Aaron. Leon had asked her to come over tonight, so Aaron and Bri had decided to go out for dinner.

She lifted her head and nodded once to confirm she'd gotten all the details. He was watching her with a warm smile on his face, and his demeanour had changed. The professional composure had fallen away, and she tried to hide her smile at his sweet expression but failed. As he lifted his arms from his lap, he kept his eyes on hers and slowly began rolling up his sleeve on one arm. She was wholly distracted; all previous thoughts of finishing her work were erased as she watched him. When he moved to the other arm, she faintly realised he was doing this on purpose, using the information she had given him when they spoke last weekend. Before she had a chance to try and get cranky about him using that against her, his tongue wet his lips, and he chewed his bottom lip smugly.

"What are you doing?" She asked bluntly.

Instead of replying, he shrugged slowly, his smirk growing. She huffed in mild frustration that he had started this when she needed to tie up loose ends, narrowing her eyes at him. He almost sent her over the edge as he raised his hand and ran it through his hair, which was getting rather long. Her breathing quickened, and she almost fell off the seat, abruptly noticing that she had shifted forward and closer to him.

"I have things to do!" She said after balancing herself.

"Do you really?" he challenged her seductively as if he were telling her to ignore her work without saying it in those words.

"Are we leaving now then?" Zara asked, ready to sprint and grab her stuff so they could go.

"Are you ready to leave?" His smooth voice was low, and she swore he had some sort of magic power with it.

"No! I have to lock up and put this in the calendar before I forget." She did her best not to shriek at him.

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you then," Leon answered in a knowing voice and grinned at her.

"Ugh! Fucking hell." She cursed as she leapt from her seat and power walked to the front door and locked it before sitting at the desk.

Clicking and typing as fast as she could, she did her best to finish the work she'd jotted down on her notepad and then shut the computer down. Grabbing her bag and quickly darting her eyes around to ensure everything down the front was done, Zara power walked back to the control room with her overnight bag. Leon was leaning his elbow on the counter and resting his chin on his hand ever so casually while he looked at his computer screen. She stood in the doorway and watched as he turned his head towards her, then his chair. Painfully slowly.

Blinking at him expectantly, he didn't do anything aside from sitting there like he wasn't aware that she was ready to rip his clothes off right there. Losing her patience with him, she smacked her hand thrice quickly on the doorframe, making loud whacks. His eyes widened, and he smiled triumphantly.

"Come on. Let's fucking go already." She circled her hand in the air rushedly and groaned when he bit back a laugh.

"Are you in a rush?" Leon asked with perfect innocence.

"You have two choices. Get your shit and drive me to your place, or I'll get the train and go home." Zara knew this would prompt him to move, even though she wouldn't follow through with her threat. Leon likely knew this as well, but she would get a reaction out of him.

"Anything for you." He grinned and stood up, closing his laptop and putting it in his bag.

While she waited for him, she noticed that he had actually turned off all the control room equipment and was clearly just wanting to be a mischievous little shit. Despite her knowledge of this, she could not stop her heart racing and from getting turned on just by looking at him. Although she wanted to be frustrated with his ability to affect her so quickly, she couldn't muster the feeling within her.

Eventually, he walked over to the door but stopped short since she hadn't moved. She was trying to decide whether she would give him a playful smack on the arm or if she would try and get a little bit of payback. Since his hands were in his pockets, she chose to take advantage of this and shifted close to him, putting her hands on his arms to stop him from moving them. When she tilted her head up to look at him, she fluttered her lashes and pressed her boobs against him. Leon's eyes dropped to see them squished into him, and she raised her hands to place one on his pectoral and the other, and she ran up his neck and throat to his jaw. She dragged her pointer finger along one side of his jawline as he took his hands out of his pockets and put them on her hips. Doing her best not to smirk deviously, she slowly dragged the hand on his chest downwards and stopped at the waistband of his pants. He watched her with seductive intensity as she abruptly put her hand over the bulge in his pants and felt it twitch in response. Palming it gently, she enjoyed his sharp intake of breath and the muscle feathering in his jaw.

Dipping his head down to her, she got on her tippy toes as if she was going to kiss him but gradually dropped back to flat feet to make him lean over further. Just as he thought he'd finally caught her, she whipped away and marched down the hallway. She could hear him laugh as she walked away, likely realising she was doing this all on purpose for revenge.

The entire ride home, she spent the whole time being wholly aloof and calm, as if she hadn't noticed the slight bulge in his crotch as he drove the car. When he reached over to put his hand on her thigh, she scoffed and batted his hand away. Although she wanted his attention, she also wanted to tease him further to give her more payback. He knew what she was doing and glanced at him sidelong while he chuckled in amusement. Zara also rolled her eyes at him and laughed, enjoying their banter.

When they arrived at his place and headed through the front door to his apartment, Zara deposited his laptop bag on the kitchen island and sauntered towards his bedroom while Leon shuffled behind, following her lead.

They quickly fell onto the bed together, limbs entangled and lips on skin…