Roads and Revelations
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Forced Proximity, Short Story, Workplace Rose Cross 43 11th Feb, 2026
Twelve letters, one bed, and a secret she can no longer hide.
Erin Walsh has a rule: keep it professional. Especially with Morgan Tang, the colleague who makes her pulse race with a single glance. But eight months of stolen stares and accidental touches are about to collide with a company error that changes everything.
One King Bed.
Forced to share a suite during the Austin conference, the walls between colleague and crush begin to crumble. Morgan is everything Erin isn’t—confident, openly queer, and agonizingly close. As the lights go out and the distance between them shrinks to nothing, Erin must decide: keep her safe, straight life, or surrender to the terrifying, beautiful truth of what she really wants.
It was supposed to be just a business trip. But in the dark, boundaries blur, and for Erin, this isn't just a night away; it’s an awakening.