The Devil Drinks Ebony: Ignis x Fem!Reader [Part 2]
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Summary: Your friend Gladiolus manages to secure you a job in his company as the assistant to the acting boss of Caelum Industries, Ignis Scientia.
Notes: Dayum, y’all! Your response to Part 1 was absolutely incredible! I had no idea everyone was so thirsty for office boss Iggy. Your kind words definitely got me working on part 2 with increased speed. I hope you like it! <3 There’s more under the cut with this one, but I’m gonna do my best to keep chapters short!
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Tuesday March 5th
The first day jitters hit you hard. You had only managed half a slice of toast in the morning, a fact that shocked you greatly. Your Aunt had always insisted on sending you out the door with a full stomach since you were a child, so a part of you felt out of sorts as you made your way to Caelum Industries. As soon as you entered the foyer, Gladiolus was waiting to greet you, but by the blushing face of the company’s receptionist you could tell he had other goals in mind.
“Good morning, sunshine. Looking forward to your first day?” Gladiolus beamed, leaning casually on the front desk.
“I think I threw up in my mouth a little on the way here.” You confessed.
“Attractive. Here’s your ID badge.” He handed you a lanyard with your ID card attached, the picture on it was one of you grinning like a psychopath on one of your many nights out with Gladio. Clearly he was on the path to establishing your reputation here before you had even begun.
“Great. Thanks, Gladio.” You said, your voice dripping with sarcasm, as you hung the lanyard over your neck.
“You’re welcome.” He replied earnestly. “You need to use that to get into the elevator. When you’re up there Cindy will be waiting for you to give you the run down of the office. She’s…” He chuckled softly, “one hell of a woman. She’ll take good care of you.”
“I can do this…right?” You said, gulping down your nerves the best you could.
“Of course you can! You’ll just be taking messages, reading emails and doing menial tasks.” Encouraged Gladio, an arm placed firmly around your shoulders as he dragged your reluctant self over to the elevator. “Just don’t worry about Ignis too much, ok?” He pulled your ID badge along with your upper body to the security panel and summoned the elevator.
“You’re right. This will be fine. I’m a smart, capable person.” You said with a little more pep.
“Absolutely. Have a great day!” Agreed Gladio, shoving you into the elevator and grinning wildly.
Your stomach churned as the elevator made its way up to the top floor. You began playing with your hair using the reflection on the steel doors as a mirror. Concentrating so hard on the war with your locks, you almost didn’t notice the elevator stop and the doors begin to open.
“You must be Y/N! Nice to meet you! I’m Cindy.” An attractive blonde woman burst into the elevator and shook your hand enthusiastically, before pulling you into the office. Her smile immediately soothed your nerves. “I’m the head of HR here, so let me get you all set up and ready to go!” Her drawl didn’t quite fit the business environment, which made you feel at ease that you wouldn’t stand out like a sore thumb among the professionals.
“Great! I can’t wait!” You replied.
Cindy proceeded to guide you through the office, introducing you to all the faces in the room and explaining their role, their names slipped from your mind almost immediately as you became overwhelmed with all the information. She gave you the tour of the space, which you could have gathered from just glancing at the room, but you appreciated her thoroughness nonetheless. The final stop on her tour was guiding you to the desk outside of Ignis’s office. Unlike yesterday, the glass panels were now tinted so you could barely see inside.
“Alright, so I’ve written down your temporary username and password here, I’ve put it on this sticky note so you don’t forget. If you need any help with your computer, just let Prompto know, alright? He’s a real sweetheart. Not sure where he’s at this morning though.” Cindy said trailing off slightly. As you sat down into your chair, Cindy’s phone began buzzing and she pulled it out of her pocket. “Oops, I better take this. Just head on in and let Ignis know you’re here, ok?”
Your whirlwind tour of the office was over and you immediately missed Cindy’s presence when she left. Alone at your desk, you tried to look comfortable in this strange new environment. You placed your purse under the desk and fidgeted with your hands, observing your new co-workers busy working at their desks. Spinning on your chair, you looked at the glass panels behind you, wondering if Ignis could see you through the tinted glass. Figuring it would be best if you didn’t waste any more time, you got up from your chair and lightly knocked on the door.
“Come in.” You heard Ignis reply.
Inhaling quickly, you stepped into Ignis Scientia’s office, the glass door closed gently behind you. Immediately you were taken back by the silence. The typical office sounds were muted completely, you felt like you were in a vacuum. Glancing over your shoulder, your previous question was answered when you noticed you could see your desk through the dark panes of glass. Ignis sat behind his enormous oak desk, looking at his monitor. He wore the same white shirt as yesterday, only today the tie was missing and a couple of buttons were undone. His sleeves were rolled up, revealing toned forearms that you kicked yourself for noticing. Best not to perv on your new boss in the first moments of your new job. You thought. Slowly you walked closer to his desk, hoping he would look away from his work to acknowledge your presence so you wouldn’t have to speak first. When you had reached a certain distance from him, he turned his head towards you, his eyes still glued on his screen momentarily before he finally cast his gaze on you. Not bothered in the slightest by the silence, he sat waiting for you to talk.
“Good morning, Mr. Scientia.” Based on your previous encounter with him you thought it best to start your working relationship by using titles.
“Can I help you?” Ignis curtly replied.
Did I just imagine that I got a job yesterday out of desperation? “It’s me… Y/N.” Ignis merely stared at you more intently, you nervously shifted your weight from one leg to another. Deciding to be crystal clear, you continued. “You hired me as your assistant yesterday.”
With that, Ignis inhaled sharply through his nose and closed his eyes, as if shaking himself awake from a reverie.
“My apologies, so much has transpired since yesterday afternoon. I have yet had a moments rest. Alright, Y/N.” He made a point to enunciate your name, as if it were his way of committing it to memory. “First of all, I need you to brew me a cup of Ebony.”
“Right away, sir.” You responded, content on trotting out the door to fetch the brew, only Ignis interrupted your escape.
“I also need you to pull up all correspondence with the Fleuret organization that mentions anything to do with the merger and copy it into an encrypted file, then email that to me asap. Once you’ve completed that I need you to co-ordinate a follow up meeting with the shareholders in a fortnights time, please find an adequate location and arrange transportation for every individual as well as a lunch service. Go ahead and transcribe the short hand minutes from yesterday’s meeting into a PDF document to send along with the invitation for the follow up meeting as well. I’m sure those imbeciles will need the reminder.” You stood wide eyed, hoping that Ignis would tell you that he was, of course, joking. However, he merely stated, “Did you get all of that?”
No! Panic heated your head, your stomach groaned loudly from lack of nourishment, you chewed your lower lip out of embarrassment. “I think so?” Was all you could muster.
Ignis narrowed his eyes at you, turning to square his body to where you were stood. He didn’t even have to stand up from his desk to intimidate you. “You think so or yes, you did?” Inquired Ignis.
“Yes.” You lied.
“Good.”