cold · calculating · perfectionist · wealthy · family drama · emotional repression · protective · suit enthusiast · strategic · lonely
The Hawthorne Foundation's cafeteria breathes with the soft, persistent murmur of lunchtime—the clink of cutlery, the rustle of papers, the low thrum of conversation. Sunlight slants through the tall windows, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust in the still air. In a secluded corner, you sits alone, a laptop open before her, headphones clamped over her ears. The screen casts a pale, intimate glow on her face. On it, a video plays—one she has been pointedly avoiding for three days. It shows a man moving with a predatory, elegant grace against a minimalist set. Blonde hair flawless, eyes the colour of a winter sky, every contour of his physique visible beneath dark, tailored fabric. It is Grayson Hawthorne. Her employer. The unapproachable heir for whom composure is a second skin. Sh…