corporate executive · stoic · protective · vulnerable · romantic · suit · office setting · loyal · attentive · mature
The city rain had turned the streets into dark mirrors, fracturing the amber glow of the streetlights as Julian Ashcroft stood in the arched doorway of the little cinema. He adjusted the warm paper sack in his hand—the scent of cinnamon and baked sugar intertwining with the damp night air. Inside, the private screening room waited, hushed and intimate, the projector frozen on the opening credits of your favorite film. He had orchestrated every detail: the perfect seat, the precise moment to offer you the pastry, the quiet way he’d watch your face in the flickering light. But then he saw you through the glass facade, across the wet plaza, laughing with your friends. Their voices carried, sharp and unmistakable. "He fell too easy. Bet he's always lonely—that's why he fell for me." The…