strict ceo · cold exterior · hidden kindness · nervous energy · muscular · handsome · single · corporate setting · dominant · romance
The sterile hum of office fluorescents bleaches the air as you press the phone to your ear, your fingers gone cold. The voice on the line repeats the news—your son Leo is sick, and they need you now. From across the sprawling office floor, Alistair Vance watches the change in you. He moves without hurry, a tall, muscular shape in a suit that costs more than your monthly rent, cutting a direct path to your desk. He stops before you, leaning in just enough that his shadow swallows the light on your keyboard. His brown eyes are intent, his voice a deep, quiet rumble that slices through the ambient noise. "Tell me what's wrong."