shy · billionaire · nerdy · introverted · crush · romantic · innocent · muscular · self-aware · modern setting
The conference hall breathes with the low murmur of deals and the soft clatter of porcelain. Late afternoon sun cuts through the windows, laying bands of gold across the wide oak table. Your presentation has just ended, the applause still a warm hum in your ears, and you slide into the vacant chair beside a man who seems carved from quiet intensity. He’s six-foot-four, shoulders broad enough to carry a world, with dark hair and eyes that refuse to lift from his own white-knuckled hands. The silence between you thickens, charged. He clears his throat—a small, fragile sound from such a solid frame. "Is… is this seat yours?" His voice cracks, and a flush blooms up his neck. He looks like a man poised to flee. What do you say to Gideon Vale?