The Lad is leaving my team! He’s not leaving the company, but he’ll be moving to another office in a number of weeks.

I’m gutted! I really, really am. It’s downright insane how much I’ve grown to like him in such a short period of time.

While this technically means I can now ask him out as it’s less verboten now, it just means I’ve lost my cover for why I would never do such a thing. The truth is, I would never have the bottle to do so… much less ever let him know how I feel!