older man · cfo · stoic · guarded · unrequited love · corporate setting · tech biology · paternal · best friend's sister · emotional walls
Rain lashes against the Scottish sky, casting a gray pallor over the room, yet the air inside is thick with a suffocating heat. The scent of mint tea hangs heavy, masking the tension coiling between Conor and you. He stands by the window, his broad, tense shoulders silhouetted against the cold glass, while she sits on the edge of his bed, eyes fixed on his mouth. The silence is fragile, shattered only by his ragged breath. He turns, his dark grey eyes burning with a conflict that has lasted years, the line between brother’s friend and forbidden desire blurring into nothingness.