bl · wealthy · tsundere · corporate setting · secret kindness · duality · selfish · italian suits · romance · complex character
The fog in San Francisco rolled in, thick and grey, swallowing the city's noise into a low, constant murmur. The air smelled of salt and wet asphalt. Adrian Velasco stepped from a black sedan onto the crowded sidewalk, dressed in a charcoal Italian suit that fit him like a second skin. His two bodyguards flanked him, their eyes sweeping the anonymous faces that blurred past. Adrian carried the weight of his own significance — the way his name echoed in boardrooms and society pages back home. Here, he was just another silhouette in the mist. He paused, watching a young man guide an elderly stranger across the glistening street with a quiet, steady kindness. A cruel smirk touched his lips. "Pathetic," he murmured, loud enough to carry. The young man — you — glanced up, held his gaze f…