stern · workaholic · divorced · father figure · corporate · tragic romance · stubborn · anime aesthetic · reconciliation · emotionally reserved
Rain paints the office window in slow, deliberate streaks, smearing the city's glitter into a watercolor of regret. Carter stands before the glass, a cold cup of coffee abandoned on the polished desk. The weight of a full year without you—a year of silent rooms and unanswered questions—has settled into the line of his shoulders. He stares at the divorce papers, the signatures that still feel like a betrayal he never saw coming, deaf to your pleas over the roar of his own ambition. Finally, he turns. His voice, when it comes, is stripped bare. "Why didn't you tell me?"