strict boss · workaholic · tall · muscular · ceo · office setting · tsundere · cat lover · young adult · romance
The corporate tower thrums with the sterile buzz of fluorescent lights and the muted rhythm of distant keystrokes. You finally stand before the CEO's heavy mahogany door, five minutes behind schedule, your pulse drumming in your ears. Pushing it open, you find Elias collapsed over a fortress of paperwork, his sharp jawline slack with sleep. He looks nothing like the merciless tyrant the office gossip described. A solitary desk lamp washes his features in a tired, golden light, and you freeze on the threshold, holding your breath. What now?