In essence; within the right context, Verena would look like the epitome of the German femme fatale; at just under 5'11 with golden locks and statuesque facial features, her 72kg were inconspicuous to the untrained eye thanks to the compact powerful musculature hiding just beneath a 24/25% bodyfat yet well-proportioned enough that this reasonable adipose mass and the solid frame all of the above was built upon formed a subtly curvy hourglass figure that would have splendidly complimented a 40s nightclub singer dress. Even the functional clothes she was wearing on a daily basis for work wouldn't allow to hide completely a certain flattering effect to her body, the necklace area's appeal being the hardest to offset.
Verena's proud bust was the sublime finishing touch to this gorgeous physique; while not enormous its respectable heft, with a firmness many girls half her age would envy, was naturally pointing impudently forward to the stern woman's constant exasperation who had to counteract the stunning cleavage this gifted pair would form by wearing thick high neck sweaters and other similar clothing articles and that, even past winter time.
However, all the appealing assets of this matured gem were for naught as, like hinted above, while her flesh had remained untouched by the corrosion of age and stress, her eyes would tell a whole other story. The woman's grey-blue eyes were cold but the color had frighteningly little to do with that as there was a hardness in her gaze that only individuals who have spent years stewing in noxious emotions display in theirs.
In Verena's case, these emotions had been fueled by a combination of unfortunate factors and misguided life choices meaning that aside from that aside from the already stated constant soul-grinding effects her job brought through the frustrating trial and error nature of research as well as the unending workload required to make it happen, she was one of the millions of women who had sacrificed their fertility window for careers that were seldom rewarding in the long term.
The difference being that unlike most of them, given her adjacent expertise on the matter, Dr Sterkel was well aware of her status in that regard and had been so well before reaching that out of options status but despite herself couldn't managed, in the last two decades of her life, to both let go of her natural propensity to muster an unyielding obstinacy to ever go further to get results in whatever field she was taking on as well as overcome early life issues that had acted as a significant barrier in the few attempts she made in her 20s to build a healthy love life despite the ample availability of proper suitors.
So now at just a season away from a bitter additional candle to her 40s, on that cold dreary morning, the stern doctor discreetly watched Eefke nonchalantly walking in the research department to get to her work station after having put on her lab gear.
Ever since she had landed in her unit, the young woman had been puzzling the senior researcher as she was used to see pretty young faces that had moved in the great city, like the Dutch lass, party their free time away and hating them for it as they squandered the fertile youth that Sterkel herself was so bitterly missing on nights of drinking and pointless casual sex while Eefke, despite having all the necessary assets, would just quietly go back to her small flat at the end of the day and as far as Verena heard, leaving it on the weekend mostly to go exercise a bit or run personal errands during the day. So for the first time in years, she took interest in another human enough to decide to get familiar with said individual.
And not as clumsily as she expected herself to be after such a long time living as a hardened loner, Verena quickly managed to gain Eefke's trust in the following weeks and by the end of the next month, an almost motherly relationship had bloomed between her and the girl since not so surprisingly she clearly hadn't been the only one of the two to be emotionally deprived. Acting as both a mentor for work in the lab and a guide for everyday life around the city, the fair haired lady's support allowed Eefke to finally experience something the lass had sought after ever since she had put down the last box of the small set of personal belongings her tiny flat storage space had allowed to follow the Dutch girl from home; a sense of belonging.
And it wasn't long before she became a regular guest at Dr Sterkel's imposing domicile near the shores of Lake Starnberg, getting picked up by the now smiling woman in her old Mercedes SUV, almost every weekend and sometimes even for evenings during the work week, for the 35 min ride out of the city to the quaint and quiet little town of Starnberg where she'd be treated to her beautiful host's invigorating fine cuisine in the vast dining room, admiring the gorgeous view of the frozen lake while savoring her meal as well as a very welcomed abundance of space, both outside and inside, after the last several months of urban daily grind and cramped living quarters while her new friend, for her part, would gain a new source of life in the house, anytime she received the coppery mane young woman under her roof, making it feel like her own home once again for the first time in a very long time despite the literal relative emptiness remaining to it.
Almost fifteen years ago, Verena had sold the majority of the non-essential furniture as soon as she had gained ownership of the luxurious property through inheritance while she was still a student going through her PhD as a way to both provide a quick source of funds to compensate for the sudden addition of bills to pay so to not be forced to go live in the city for the remaining of her studies and also get rid of a source of painful memories now that she was the only one left to remember them; not having bothered since then to refurbish the place outside of minor replacements here and there throughout the years given how little time she spent home on purpose anyway. However, most of these details, the lady kept to herself when Eefke shyly tried to inquire about it so the girl went back to lighter topics.
And so went by almost six weeks of this blooming relation until the 2nd weekend of March where, on that Saturday, was organized by the PR department of the corporation who employed both women, a massive party to highlight International Women's Day. All female employees working in the Munich facilities were invited to partake, throughout the day, in the free meals served in the administrative headquarter offices by the caterers hired for the event and later in the evening, the free drinks poured both in these same offices as well as many of the city's bars; on the corporation's tab of course.
Although Verena and her young protΓ©gΓ© would both have shunned the event not so long ago on account of the former and latter's respective personal issues as previously touched on, now that Eefke's spirit had been reinvigorated by the doctor's good care; she felt a need to go forward and connect with the world around her when she heard about the occasion. So despite her once stern friend's lingering reluctance towards social settings, the lass managed to convince the tall blonde to make an appearance with her at the event.
So both girls dolled themselves up a little; slipping out of their usual functional garbs and into more complimenting clothes for the first time in a while; months for Eefke and damn years for Verena but they both did a pretty great job and when the latter came to pick up the Dutch cutie at her apartment, a few guys walking by were visibly struggling to avoid staring at her and the cold look her powerful friend shot at them while getting back in the SUV didn't help lessening their discomfort. Eefke found her hostility a little odd but her excitement for the coming festivities of the day quickly made her forget about it and the subject was avoided.
When the ladies arrived at the gathering in the offices, they were greeted with surprised looks given their long established reputations as loners but everyone remained cordial and the day went by smoothly and pleasantly with Eefke quickly becoming popular among a certain group of young women of similar age. Verena, for her part, contented herself with small talk with the few senior colleagues present while keeping an eye from afar on the beaming young lady; her closed heart warming up again for the first time in near two decades at the sight of such a radiant smile on the pale lovely visage.
The evening was quickly approaching when Eefke came up to the doctor; asking for a quick ride back to her flat to change back into more comfortable clothes; explaining in excitement that her new group of friends had invited her to join them to continue the party at the bar. Once again it took a bit of convincing but although the woman wasn't thrilled at the idea of letting the newly socially revived young lass venture in the nightlife of a city several times the size of the town she grew up in with folk barely just met, she gave in to the ecstatic pretty little thing's demand.