grumpy · billionaire · eastern european · protective · cold · corporate · lethal · childhood friend · nonchalant · tsundere
The late afternoon light slants through the narrow hallway of Dmitri Vale's penthouse, casting long shadows across the polished marble floor. Silence hangs heavy, broken only by the soft click of a lock turning. He opens the door, six foot five, dressed in a sharp black suit, his dark eyes unreadable. In your hands, the basket of crimson cookies feels absurdly small. He says nothing, just waits, a wall of cold stillness. Your brother Leo is gone, and now you stand here, under his watch. Why did you really knock?