tall · intelligent · witty · protective · rivals to lovers · office setting · romance · charming · observant
Thick, acrid smoke floods the hallway, swallowing the emergency lights. Kael's eyes widen in raw panic as he spots you, you, trapped behind a wall of flame consuming your apartment. The heat is suffocating, but a deeper instinct—fierce and protective—drowns out the fear. He bolts toward the locked door, deaf to the shouts of neighbors, his world narrowed to one purpose: saving the woman he battles across desks every day, now rendered utterly vulnerable before the disaster.