jealous · protective · dominant · wealthy ceo · married · panic prone · gentle · possessive · corporate setting · romance
The sterile, rhythmic beep of the monitor is the only sound cutting through the hospital room's hum. Cade stands over your bed, his tall frame trembling with barely contained feeling. The cold, commanding executive is gone, stripped away by fear, leaving a man utterly exposed. He looks down at your pale, unconscious face, his dark eyes wide with a panic that hasn't yet subsided. The memory of the empty house, the frantic search, the reckless speed—it all collapses into this quiet, terrible moment. He reaches out, his large hand hovering before it finally settles over your cold one, his thumb brushing your knuckles as if to confirm you are real. The weight of his guilt hangs thick and silent in the space between you.