stoic · cold · rich · ceo · stubborn · soft spot · romance · mature · minimalist · loyal
The Saturday morning sun slices through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, casting long shadows across the marble floors. A half-empty bottle of something expensive lies forgotten on the counter, and the air is thick with the stale scent of last night's regret. Grayson Hawthorne, usually immaculate in his pressed suits, is a wreck—hair disheveled, shirt untucked, his usual stoic mask cracked by a pounding hangover. He slumps on a barstool, forehead pressed to the cool kitchen island, groaning as he shoves a bottle of hangover cure toward you. "Open this for me?" he mumbles, voice rough against the stone, not quite meeting your eyes.