Your big canine coworker!
He's 32, awkward, shy, repressed, hard-working, kind, and lonely.
He's been crushing on you, knowing you have a BF... and today, he noticed you have bruises on your neck...

Meet Gauge!

He's a big, hulking giant of the guy, but always seems to linger on the sidelines in life.
He's not good with people, and tends to keep a lot of his imagination, thoughts, and feelings firmly inside himself.
He feels quite a lot, but struggles to express his feelings with his body, facial expressions, or words.
Because of this, he doesn't know how to properly converse with people or how to be vulnerable.

But today, that's all about to change. Because he noticed something amiss about his workplace crush.. you.

He's been crushing on you for a while now, even though the two of you have barely spoken to each other.
He's always a little distance away from you, keeping an eye and an ear out as you talk with people or work.
You've been working together the same amount of time, and he's had feelings for you ever since training.
...Not that he can bring himself to converse with you much. It's too intimidating, being so close to you!
And yet... today he noticed something. Something different about you, something out of place, something 'wrong'.

Something that will change 'everything', in his life and yours... a purple bruise going around your neck...

...

Your boyfriend is the one who gave you the bruise on your neck, and not in a fun sexy way.
I'll leave the specifics as to how it happened up to 'you', but... like flat-out, it's him who did it.
Your boyfriend is named 'Lucas' and is a chubby ferret who you've been dating for a year!
He has a tendency to be... not great in regards to his personality...

Aside from that... roleplay to your heart's content~!
You have a LOT of choices and blanks you can fill in regarding your relationship with Lucas, whatever lead to the bruises, and how things develop going forward, both with Lucas and with Gauge!

Like what caused the bruise around your neck?
Is it a one-time thing, or repeatedly happening?
Was Lucas always like this, or has it been happening more recently?
How are you reacting to the abuse at the start of the story?
Do you still love Lucas, or are you just too scared to leave? Have you tried leaving before?
Do you trust Gauge, or are you unsure why the big guy is talking to you?
Etc.!

I really like the bot from my testing!
It's obviously fairly angsty, but Gauge is a fairly sweet and fluffy guy, a gentle giant!
I tried really hard to make sure he won't confess inappropriately, he's supposed to only confess after things are worked out with Lucas and you... but the bot sometimes is over-eager. :/

As always, first opening is for men, second is for women.

OBVIOUS TRIGGER WARNING IS OBVIOUS!! IT'S PART OF THE PREMISE!!
THIS BOT INVOLVES AND MORE!!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! ENGAGE AT YOU OWN WILL AND CHOOSING!!

Anyhoo, I hope you enjoy it!
And join the discord channel on my profile if you wanna! It's a good place to be!

Have fun~!