diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/living.dm b/code/__DEFINES/living.dm
index a8e6b86f8de2..cfdfbedc9faa 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/living.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/living.dm
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
 /// Just be sure to call update_limbless_locomotion() after applying / removal
 #define TRAIT_NO_LEG_AID "no_leg_aid"
 
+/// Attach to a turf to have whispers project across it if the speaker is facing it
+/// (basically expanding the range of whispers by one tile in the direction of the speaker)
+/// Used to allow people to whisper across desks/tables since they otherwise are too distant
+#define TRAIT_TURF_PROJECTS_WHISPERS "projects_whispers"
+
 #define COLOR_BLOOD "#c90000"
 
 /// Helper for picking between left or right when given a value
diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/tables_racks.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/tables_racks.dm
index 0d6d2bfd8696..f6e8544458a9 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/tables_racks.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/tables_racks.dm
@@ -54,7 +54,14 @@
 	)
 
 	AddElement(/datum/element/connect_loc, loc_connections)
-	var/static/list/give_turf_traits = list(TRAIT_TURF_IGNORE_SLOWDOWN, TRAIT_TURF_IGNORE_SLIPPERY, TRAIT_IMMERSE_STOPPED)
+	// NON-MODULE CHANGE
+	var/static/list/give_turf_traits = list(
+		TRAIT_TURF_IGNORE_SLOWDOWN,
+		TRAIT_TURF_IGNORE_SLIPPERY,
+		TRAIT_IMMERSE_STOPPED,
+		TRAIT_TURF_PROJECTS_WHISPERS,
+	)
+
 	AddElement(/datum/element/give_turf_traits, give_turf_traits)
 	register_context()
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living_say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living_say.dm
index 140e62c5d4a6..bbedc517ed15 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living_say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living_say.dm
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 
 	var/message = ""
 	var/raw_dist = get_dist(speaker, src)
+	// NON-MODULE CHANGE - check for projected whispers, calculate distance from the projected tile if so
+	if(message_mods[WHISPER_MODE] && message_range != INFINITY)
+		var/turf/in_front = get_step(speaker, speaker.dir)
+		if(in_front && HAS_TRAIT(in_front, TRAIT_TURF_PROJECTS_WHISPERS))
+			raw_dist = min(raw_dist, get_dist(in_front, src))
+
 	// Infinite range implies something like telecomms, ie something that should never be distance modified
 	if(!HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_GOOD_HEARING) && message_range != INFINITY)
 		// How far we are we outside the message range?
@@ -388,6 +394,13 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 	var/list/in_view = get_hearers_in_view(message_range + whisper_range, source)
 	var/list/listening = get_hearers_in_range(message_range + whisper_range, source)
 
+	// NON-MODULE CHANGE - check for projected whispers, add new potential hearers if so
+	if(is_speaker_whispering)
+		var/turf/in_front = get_step(src, dir)
+		if(in_front && HAS_TRAIT(in_front, TRAIT_TURF_PROJECTS_WHISPERS))
+			in_view |= get_hearers_in_view(message_range + whisper_range, in_front)
+			listening |= get_hearers_in_range(message_range + whisper_range, in_front)
+
 	// Pre-process listeners to account for line-of-sight
 	for(var/atom/movable/listening_movable as anything in listening)
 		if(!(listening_movable in in_view) && !HAS_TRAIT(listening_movable, TRAIT_XRAY_HEARING))