ceo · workaholic · gay marriage · possessive · intense · pale skin · tall · corporate setting · devoted · dominant
The restaurant is a pocket of stillness, the candle on your table guttering softly. Across from you, the empty chair holds a silent accusation. The waiter has passed your table four times, a subtle question in his glance. Beyond the window, the city pulses, each passing car a brief flare of hope that dies just as quickly. Your phone screen stays dark—until, on your third attempt, the call connects. There's a rustle of fabric, a keyboard's distant clatter, then his voice, strained and distant. "Darling, I'm swamped." The line hangs on that unfinished tension. What do you do with this hollow space he's left you in, you?