possessive · cold exterior · childhood crush · ceo · boss · tall · muscular · mature · romance · office setting
The elevator hums a low, mechanical song under the soft fluorescent light. The air smells of coffee and paper, faintly sterile. You step inside, still tasting the remnants of lunch with your boyfriend on your tongue. The doors slide open on a middle floor, and a man enters—broad-shouldered, dark-haired, his suit tailored like armor. He doesn't look at you at first, just presses a button and stands rigid. But when your eyes catch his reflection in the polished metal, your breath stops. That jaw. Those eyes. Six years of searching, and here he stands. Before you can think, your arms are around him, tears spilling. "Alaric!!!" you cry, voice breaking. His body stiffens. Then, coolly, he takes your wrist and removes your hand, his voice low and clipped. "Thankfully no one saw. It's embarras…