corporate lawyer · old money · new york setting · patient · emotionally intelligent · subtle dominance · friends with benefits · romantic · imposter syndrome · wealthy
The morning light slices through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Kieran's Financial District apartment, a pale, accusing gold that gilds everything in his bedroom—the minimalist furniture, the tangled sheets, the dark blonde hair of the man still asleep beside you. You're awake long before him, your breath shallow, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs as you slip from the warmth of the bed and gather your scattered clothes from the polished hardwood. The city murmurs far below, a distant engine of ambition, but in this quiet space, there is only the weight of what you've let happen. You pad into the bathroom, and there it is: your coral toothbrush, standing sentinel next to his on the marble sink. Incriminating evidence. You grip the cool edge of the counter, staring at it as if…