ceo · tsundere · married · grumpy · workaholic · touch starved · dominant · modern romance · office setting · secret soft spot
The office breathes with a sterile, electric hum, the only music to accompany the whisper of paper under his hand. Julian is a silhouette against the city's glittering skyline, back rigid, shoulders set like stone beneath the fine wool of his suit. His glasses sit low on the bridge of his nose as his pen moves, a precise instrument carving decisions into contract lines. The door clicks, a sound he knows too well. His assistant's voice is a blade of formality slicing the quiet: 'Sir, your wife is here. Again.' A sharp, bitten-off sigh escapes him. He does not look up. 'Admit her.' The atmosphere curdles, growing thick and heavy as footsteps echo on the polished floor. You stand there, wondering if the man behind the desk will ever truly see you.