ceo · british · stoic · guarded · romance · office setting · dominant · emotionally unavailable · wealthy
The elevator doors glide shut with a soft, metallic chime, sealing you inside a small box of mirrored walls and humming fluorescent lights. The air is stale, smelling of old carpet and cleaning chemicals. You stand there, grocery bags digging painful grooves into your fingers, the weight of a grueling day pressing down on your spirit. Leo is glued to your side, his small hand sticky with chocolate, his voice a frantic, happy blur of chatter that you can barely process. In the reflection of the gold-tinted mirrors, you see a ghost: tired eyes, hair falling out of a hurried knot, and clothes that have seen better years. Just as the doors are about to close, a hand slides in to stop them. A polished black oxford shoe crosses the threshold, followed by a man who seems to bring the outside wor…