Heyyyy happy new year friends!!! (Well almost)
This year has been-...a wild journey to say at least, nevertheless I still somewhat kept up writing.
If all goes well I will continue this account in the new year and hopefully you'll be here to see that too.
I am so happy and thankfully to everyone who still kept reading and liking my stories this year, it means so much! Even if the actual gabenath fandom is slowly dying, I hope that this can be a safe place for all.
Have a great 2023 and see you next year!
Love you so much.
Now enjoy reading!❤️
-GabeNath69

Softly, the designer sunk his lips into hers which felt so intoxicating that he couldn't help but whisper "I love you" once parting.

The woman blushed from both his words and the feeling of the grey haired man so close against her.
Truly it was delightful.

For a second they stayed motionless, staring into one another's eyes and getting lost. Even their breath seemed to be in sync.
However as the assistant grinned at her superior, he snapped back into reality realizing that this wasn't a dream at all.
She was glaring at him with daring eyes and her lips did indeed seem temptingly close.

"Gabriel." Nathalie breathed while her superior's hands began to roam around her body "Gabriel we need to hurry up!"

"Why?" His eyes met hers with a grumpy glare.
"Didn't we agree that we'd take today off?" The man suddenly pulled back and waited for an answer from his assistant who just stuttered.

"W-well-...w-we have a lot of w-work-"

"Everyone needs a little rest once in a while." He attempted to kiss her again, except his fiancée shook her head.

"Yes b-but-..."

"But?" The designer had a frown painted all over his face.

Despite not wanting to end their closeness, he had to distance himself until Nathalie would answer. She didn't sound so sure after all, and the last thing he would've wanted to do was force the woman into anything which she wouldn't desire.
Nevertheless Nathalie clearly saw that she messed up. With her words and actions she has caused Gabriel to get more distant than originally intended.
The woman only wanted to remind him that they couldn't waste time, but as her boss stepped away, she knew she'd killed all the sparks between them.

"Ugh I ruined it." Nathalie groaned.

"Ruined what?"

"Everything!" She sighed.

Tilting her head back against the tiles of the shower wall the woman whined.
"I wanted to spend time with you and this was all going so wonderfully, but of course I ruined it with my worries about work."

"Oh." Gabriel understood "Well you didn't
necessarily ruin it Nath." He smirked, taking one of his hands and carefully seizing his employee's face "We can continue if you'd like."

"Uhm." The assistant looked at him "Now it's just awkward!"

"It is if we keep on standing here, however if-"

"I'm sorry Gabe" she cut him off "I don't feel like doing anything anymore."

The man nodded understandingly with a smile.
"Don't worry that's alright." Gabriel tried his very best not to sound disappointed.
He wouldn't have wanted to let Nathalie be aware of his crushed feelings.
So the man acted unbothered with all his power.
"Let's then have a normal shower and get ready, okay?"

"Ugh." the assistant weeped, shutting her eyes tightly together and again, like before, laying her head back onto the tiles. "...you know when you're so cute like that I do want to do things."

"I-I see." A spark of hope re-lit in the designer's heart "so...in conclusion you-"

Nathalie didn't hesitate much, she swiftly threw her arms around her fiancé's neck and pushed her lips against his.

Such an unexpected gesture from his assistant caught Gabriel by surprise. All of a sudden the woman was compressed against him, one of her hands being placed on the back of the man's neck, pulling him closer and closer
to her.

"Gabriel." She murmured. Her lips only parted a few centimeters away from his "I don't know."

"You don't know what exactly?"

"I don't know what I want." Nathalie admitted "A part of me wants to keep feeling your lips on mine and your hands all over me b-but-..."

"B-but?"

"But I feel that if I'm not working in the office I'm wasting my time, and I know this sounds awful, b-but I-I truly feel useless. Even if I am enjoying my life, these dumb thoughts tell me I must get things done."

The woman sighed as she looked up and saw a rather dissatisfied stare on her superior's face.
His eyebrows frowned at her, and his lips uncomfortably parted apart.

"Oh well you know that's all just a lie." The designer began.
Shocking his assistant who didn't expect him to respond at all. Instead she though that he'd be fed up with her worries. Except judging by the calm and slow tone that he was using, the man wasn't so frustrated.
"Nathalie you naturally do a lot of work." His hands moved from her hips up to her face.
Slowly placing his palms on her cheek, Gabriel smiled. "You've helped me so much! So there is absolutely no shame in taking a break. In fact you very much earned this time to yourself. Don't feel upset."

"Thank you." She sighed in relief "I appreciate everything."

The designer nodded in response.
"You're most welcome."
Now he was the one to maneuver his hands to the back of her neck and push her a bit closer to him.
"So...now what?"

"I need some time alone" Nathalie began, earning the shift of a smile into an defeated look from her boss "...but that can wait..." she smirked when Gabriel's expression focused back on her with eyes that sparkled.
"So..."

"So?"

"So I guess...we can..." her right hand grasped his face while the other held his hand.  "...start again..." she chuckled feeling his hand slide to her waist and hold the woman in place.

Yet, unexpectedly, the man didn't say what the assistant would've expected him to say.
"Nath you don't need to do this for me." He began "I wouldn't want to pressure you into anything. If you know you won't feel alright afterwards, let's wait. Please. For both of our sake."

"B-but-...y-you looked so sad when I said I didn't want to-"

"-and you said you'd need time to yourself after. S-so I-...I don't want to be the reason why you feel you need to distance yourself from me."
Gabriel sighed as he drew his hand back from her waist and with a sad little sigh he turned off the shower.
"I only want what's best for us."

With having said such an honest thing the grey haired man walked out of the shower leaving behind his assistant who didn't know what to think.

She turned to her boss in a hurry and tried to grab her fiancé's shoulder to pull him back

"I-of-if course, b-but-" Nathalie forced a smile onto her troubled face "I promise I am totally fine! I don't need time, I-I j-just-"

"-I wouldn't want to overwhelm you with more worries if you're already stressed about work."
The designer cut her off, taking her hand into his, and looking upon that whilst talking "I don't want to do something you aren't enthusiastic about-"

"I-I am enthusiastic! I-I swear-"
Her hand slowly slipped off of the man and his hand also let go of hers, nothing was holding him back any longer.

Gabriel took this opportunity to move further away while grabbing a towel and his clothes from the floor, then attempting to open the door, but again, Nathalie's voice interrupted.
"Wait!" She shouted all of a sudden, scaring her superior who jumped at the loud sound
"I-I really didn't mean to make you feel like the problem! I-I promise I-"

"Nath" Said the designer as he smiled back towards her "You didn't do that. I'm not offended, don't worry."

"S-so you definitely aren't upset at me?"

"Definitely not. It's just-...it's more sort of what you're experiencing. A lot of different emotions."

"Mostly bad? Or-"

"Mostly thinking about you and how freaking much I love you." The man grinned at his fiancée who with a quick change of mood rolled her eyes at him.

"Oh Gabriel do not ever tease me like that!"

"You take this as teasing?"

"With the way you're looking at me..." Nathalie stepped out of the shower too and closer to him "yes." She glared her boss straight in the eyes.

The designer sighed as he once again was temptingly close to his assistant who stared at him with the same smirking expression that he had on.
"Oh Nath don't do this to me." He whined. "You have no idea how much your little mood swings influence me."

"I could say the same to you." The woman chuckled seeing an opportunity to get her superior excited again, except right as she would've wanted to lean her body against his, the man turned away and opened the bathroom door which lead into his bedroom.

Shocked once again, Nathalie didn't know what to do next. She simply followed her boss to where he went. So while he was putting his clothes back in his closet, the assistant hugged Gabriel from behind.

"Nathalie please." Said the grey haired man as he felt his fiancée lay her head against his back.

"What sir?" She giggled "I thought you were already thinking of me and how much you love me." Having said that, her hands which were resting around his waist began to move in a circular motion.
"Or were you not thinking of me at all?" The assistant added with a sad whisper.

"I was thinking of you." His hands caught hers, roughly. "But-"

"But what?"

Swiftly, the man turned around and harshly stared down at his assistant, who with pleading eyes waited for his answer.

"I'm just trying to be respectful and not mess with you." Gabriel said as he lifted one of his hands to hide his blushing face in it. "...however this is very much ruining my plans."

To the sound of that Nathalie smiled knowing that she achieved what she wanted.
To get him flustered.
Though her fiancé still seemed to be a bit difficult when it came to allowing himself to get close to her once again.

The designer indeed did try his very best to hold himself back, but luckily enough for the assistant the way she was acting had caused that dedication to slowly crumble to pieces.

"Oh good. I want you to mess with me." The dark haired woman whined as she tugged on Gabriel's arm like a little kid. "Please."

"Nathalie I-..." he sighed "do you really actually want this?"

"Do you think I'd do all this if I wouldn't?"

"I-I know but-...but are you one hundred percent sure that you won't hate me afterwards or distance yourself from me?"

"My god" she grabbed her fiancé's face and forced it to glare down in her direction without being able to look away. "I won't ever leave your side, just please give in! This is taking way too long already."

"Well." he chuckled before at last giving in "I'm not an easy person."

"I know you're complicated." Said the assistant with a smile feeling him wrap his arms around her waist tightly and lift her up like that.
"That's why you constantly get on my nerves."

"Hey!" Gabriel carefully laid her down on his bed while frowning childishly "I thought you said-"

"Oh shut up already! You can't make me wait any longer!"

To be continued-

Yes...I am mean for the ending, but at least I didn't kill anyone or give it a tragic cut off!