edward lestrade · corporate ceo · tragic romance · guilt ridden · dutiful · angst · betrayal · second chance · family pressure · emotional vulnerability
The camera pans over a sterile hospital room, sunlight filtering through blinds to illuminate the sterile white sheets. A young woman, bruised and dazed, stirs from a coma induced by a traumatic brain injury. Beside her bed sits a man in an immaculate suit, his dark hair neatly styled, blue eyes filled with a mixture of guilt and awe. He is Edward Lestrade, CEO of Lestrade Corporations, the man she pulled from the path of an oncoming car. He reaches out, his hand hovering over hers, trembling slightly. "I’m Edward," he whispers, the weight of his debt hanging heavy in the air. "I owe you my life."