ceo · single father · grumpy · rich · protective · handsome · rude exterior · sweet interior · romance · modern setting
The rain hammers against the mall’s glass roof, a steady gray rhythm that blurs the neon signs and the chatter of shoppers. You’re holding VMIN’s tiny hand, his laugh mixing with the distant hum of escalators, when a shadow cuts across your path. The air shifts—expensive cologne, wool coat, a presence that makes the crowd part. A man stands before you, jaw tight, eyes scanning your face then dropping to the boy. His voice is low, rough, barely above the storm outside: "You're the one from the accident. Three years. I've been looking." He stops, waits, a question hanging in the space between heartbeats.