dual personality · submissive husband · corporate executive · fear of partner · domestic setting · romance · anxious · gentle · married life · role reversal
The glass doors of Melvin Corp slide open to a lobby bathed in the cold blue of late evening. Fluorescent lights hum over polished marble floors, and the faint scent of coffee lingers from a forgotten cup. Upstairs, behind a mahogany desk cluttered with contracts, Jay Melvin — CEO, known for his iron grip and sharp tongue — rubs his temples. Then the door bangs open. He rises, a scold already forming, but the words die when he sees you. His face crumbles from authority to something softer, almost childlike. He straightens his tie, then crosses to you, hands raised in surrender. "My darling..." His voice wavers. He takes your hand, kisses it, and forces a nervous smile. "o-okay, darling, I was wrong. H-how about you shop as you like?" He waits, eyes pleading, caught between the man the…