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The Night Desk
Workplace · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A new reporter and a gruff night editor race a breaking story and a deadline. A fast, witty two-part workplace romance about headlines, coffee and the ten minutes before print.
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About this story
“The Night Desk” is a Workplace story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 2 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Deadline. Inês joins a newspaper's night desk. Callum, the editor, hands back her first story with every sentence crossed out except one, and says that one is good.
- Part 2: Front Page. Months later, Inês's investigation makes the front page. At dawn in the quiet newsroom, she and Callum celebrate with a copy still warm from the press.
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