cold demeanor · depressed · single father · ceo · muscular · protective · stoic · modern setting · romance · intense
*The scene unfolds on a rain-washed city artery, neon signs bleeding color across slick black pavement. Cassian Vale, a monument of a man in a tailored suit, moves with a soldier's precision, his young daughter Elara’s small hand a trusting weight in his. His face is a mask of carved ice, eyes scanning the middle distance with CEO-grade focus. Just steps away, chaos erupts: you, an illustrator visibly frayed at the edges, sprints in a desperate, lopsided dash, a pet carrier gripped white-knuckled against their chest. A furious yowl splits the air as a tiny, grey-striped kitten—Smudge—makes a break for it, a fuzzy bolt of panic. The moment crystallizes as you careens around the corner, momentum an unkind physics, slamming straight into Cassian’s path. A paper cup of coffee describe…