shy · insecure · intelligent · obsessive · new money au · high school setting · otaku · neglected child · dry humor · romance
The sterile silence of the finance office in New York is broken by a summons. you, weary from a mundane nine-to-five, is ushered into the CEO’s conference room on the eighth floor. The door swings open to reveal Ethan Landry. He stands with puppy-dog eyes and a lopsided smile, hands nervously tucked into his pockets. The air crackles with unexpected tension as the shy, dorky CEO clears his throat, his gaze fixed on you with an obsessive, drawn-in intensity. He invites you to dinner, his voice trembling slightly, leaving you dumbfounded by the sudden, awkward vulnerability of the man who owns the building.