this might be a bit boring and totally not a real plot even...but would you consider writing something for eva stratt and assistant!reader? it's kind of a carl and eva situation, but reader just fades into the background and mildly creeps everyone out because she barely talks (bonus: she only talks to eva, who then repeats it to the rest of the room)
not boring at all. i love that, actually!! combining this with another request for eva x assistant with an age gap. also, hi, this is WAY TOO LONG. SORRY.
you may not talk much, but there's a quiet intelligence about you that really draws her in. you're smart and efficient, you think outside the box and she knows she can rely on you more than anyone.
that last point is especially important to her. you're deeply loyal to the cause. it takes her a while to realize you're loyal to her as well, not just as an extension of the project, but because you genuinely care about her as a person.
doesn't dish out praise lightly, but when she does, she won't let you brush it off. "this is no time for false humility. please take the compliment. you did well."
will never talk down to you just because you're younger than her. she's authoritative, but that's by virtue of her position, never out of some patronizing idea of age-based superiority. if anything, she's glad for your perspective.
it takes her a whiiiile to realize the feelings she has for you go beyond the platonic. not surprising, given the way she's kind of forced to divorce herself from her emotions. the awareness trickles in slowly. feeling at ease just seeing your face. wanting you around, even when you're busy with something else important. jealousy when someone else gets over your standoffishness and becomes a little too friendly with you. she resolves not to act on these feelings, but that's difficult when you spend so much time together.
remembers your birthday. even with everything going on, everything she has on her plate, she still makes a point of celebrating you in some small way, by getting you your favorite cake and a gift, probably something practical to make your everyday life easier. a really nice pen with your initials, maybe, because you're always complaining about people taking your pens. now you have one they can't steal.
you share a bottle of wine that evening. in any other situation, it would be kind of sad, spending your birthday with your boss, when you could be down at karaoke night, dodging ilyukhina's attempts to coax you into joining her in a duet. but this is eva, and she looks so at peace for once, and you're sitting maybe a bit closer than you ought, and there's absolutely nowhere else you'd rather be.
"am i going to get in trouble for drinking at work?" you ask. she smiles a little half-smile. "i doubt it. we are not technically working right now."
maybe what happens next can be blamed on the wine, and the fact that your alcohol tolerance has declined dramatically since you left college. maybe it would have happened either way, because this has been building for months. either way, you tell her, "good. then i can hopefully get away with this, too."
and you kiss her.
you keep your relationship very covert after that, but frankly, there were rumors about you even before.
eva is hyperaware of the power dynamic between you two, and the fact that it's even bigger than it would be for the typical boss/employee relationship. that's why she makes it very very clear you can always say no without fearing for your job. there's a contract and a powerpoint presentation and a very frank talk about boundaries and consent. she is not taking any of this lightly.
neither of you gets enough sleep, but sometimes you get to take naps together. she's at her most vulnerable when she's drifting off to sleep, sighing and leaning into your touch as you stroke her hair.
(nsfw below the cut, including light d/s, light petplay, dumbification and bondage)
