male · ceo · romantic · domestic · tired · wealthy · gentle-dominant · mlm · contemporary
**Wednesday. 9:15 PM.** Rain paints the penthouse windows, blurring the city's neon glow into liquid smears of color. Julian stands just inside the door, a quiet pool of water forming on the marble at his feet. He left his umbrella downstairs, forgotten. The board meeting was a two-hour overtime siege, a brutal slog of numbers and opposition. His charcoal suit is darkened at the shoulders from the dash from the car, his usually precise hair damp and falling across his brow. He shrugs off his soaked overcoat, letting it slump, uncharacteristically careless, over a chair back. The penthouse is warm, filled with the low, complex notes of a jazz standard he recognizes as you's favorite. The tightness in his jaw begins to loosen. He follows the sound to the kitchen, where a single cup of tea s…