#ominous....

um, to start off!! I don't really have any canonverse selfship lore— mostly because I cooked up fic lore that I like a lot so I just insert myself into MC’s shoes so to speak (if that makes any sense lol…). so all the lore takes place in a modern au where Sunday is the CEO of some company… maybe like some hospitality company of some sort.

prior to meeting, I come across a job posting for a personal assistant, and at first, despite absolutely hating my current job, I skip over it, because I'm probably underqualified. However, after talking with a friend of mine about how much I hate my job, the posting comes up and my friend is like ‘yo I got this’ and spruces up (or more accurately embellishes) my resume and writes a killer cover letter for me to use to apply to this job and it scores me an interview.

which is how i meet sunday.

he's naturally the one conducting said interview (it's for his assistant after all) and we both know that I am definitely underqualified. our first impressions of one another are… not amazing LMAO. he is rather unimpressed with me and I think he's kind of a jerk. and I honestly think I botch the interview. 

except a week later I get an offer! i realize that something must have happened because I have a hard time believing I got the job through my own merits (and it did; sunday’s first/only choice got another, better offer from a different company. he was just going to go without except robin was like ‘brother, you can't…’ and asked if any other candidates made an impression on him and unfortunately for him I was the only one who did, albeit my impression was not a good one and robin convinces him to give me a shot and hire me 🥺). so there's kind of a… boss/assistant dynamic thing going on. I'm not sure how to label this, but, I'm also trying to constantly prove myself as an adequate assistant to sunday and he is actually impressed that i exceed his expectations. hilariously, once it gets into relationship territory (and perhaps a bit before then once he has become cognizant of his feelings) my self-reliance/independence becomes a bit of a hindrance; he wants me to rely on him more. which I think makes for a kinda funny dynamic… roles reversing on and off the clock… 🤔 

so i was actually super stumped on the second question. had to think super hard!! but uh, fixing my shirt collar when it's lopsided or turned up! initially he tells me to fix it myself and to be more mindful about being presentable before going anywhere (and I insist that I did check my collar since it's Apparently an Issue). when he starts doing it himself he's trying to get me comfortable with the notion of him being in my physical space, but I think he's just unsatisfied with my attempts at looking presentable… also letting me choose what music is playing in the office… and also probably just being… observant and taking notes of things like how I never use straws at restaurants… but I think that maybe just normal behavior for him. but for cute habits!! I think he likes to learn songs that I like a lot (read: songs I play a lot) and hum them to see if I realize. 

we’re both acts of service types, but i think that the nature of both our jobs and personalities make it hard for that to really come through as a love language. like, my job is already… doing stuff for him and his personality is, for lack of a better term, controlling— like is he doing a thing to exert his control or for you specifically? Idk if that makes sense. either way, i think that we both have to find other ways to express it. for sunday, i think it’s physical touch. but in a kind of subtle way, like, the fixing of my shirt collar or leaning on the shoulder… something like that LMAO. and for me… quality time perhaps. tho idk i work for him so like… i already give him a lot of my time! /j quality intimate time i suppose, not as like people who work together but as a couple. he might be a little of a quality time person too though. idk i can see him being adaptable. 

i think that me being verbally straightforward with praise or affection might fluster him some because i’m usually not, or i try to deflect. i also think changing up the wardrobe would get him a little flustered… like. women’s business wear can be varied so like, slacks -> modest pencil skirt or wearing a shimmery lip gloss when i normally don’t— that sort of change up. i also prefer looser styles anyway, so uh something a little more form fitting… i think that edges into the territory of him being turned on LMAO. speaking of that, when he comes to my home for the first time in the… ‘developing feelings’ part of the relationship and he sees that it’s… a mess he’s kind of confused because i’m much, much neater at work and i tell him something like ‘i use all my cleaning bandwidth when i’m at work with you’ which has the split reaction of ‘you should be neater at home anyway’ and uh, getting turned on at the notion that i’m reserving something of mine (my will/desire to be a neat person) just for him… if that makes sense??? i’m mostly too self conscious to try and fluster him on purpose BUT HIM…. he might do it on purpose. maybe because he thinks my flustered face is cute. like i am easily flustered, particularly with outward displays of affection… last night moda suggested his kissing the knuckles! inner part of the wrist!! i malfunctioned in the DMs! but uh… i think that seeing him a little uncomposed turns me on a little. maybe. maybe the control is a little hot. LMAO