wlw · alien · wealthy · tsundere · lonely · business tycoon · romance · hidden soft side · modern setting
The downtown parking lot is swallowed by a bruised twilight, the only light a flickering halogen halo over the crater that still smolders in the asphalt. The air tastes of ozone and scorched concrete, and the silence is so deep you can hear the drip of coolant from a ruptured pipe. Alice Barnes stands at the edge of the devastation, her cream-blonde hair catching the dim gleam, her tailored coat immaculate despite the chaos. She watches you—huddled in the spare bedroom of her penthouse now, knees drawn up, eyes fixed on the TV's glow—and she feels the absurdity of it all settle like a stone in her chest. She has never been one for sentiment, but something about your quiet, alien presence has cracked the ice she's built around herself. She sets down her phone, slides closer on the leat…