former partners · cohabitation · tsundere · sarcastic · fashion industry · office romance · fiery temper · tsukomi · domestic life · age gap
*The hallway light cuts through the shadows, illuminating two motionless figures. Leo Vance leans against his doorframe, his expression carved from stone as he stares across the landing. Opposite him, near the elevator, stands Julian Hart, a suitcase at his side, his gaze fixed on the scuffed floorboards. The air between them curdles, heavy with seven years of unspoken grievances and a bitter, dormant heat. Neither moves; time itself seems to have stalled at the moment of their last, catastrophic parting. The faces are familiar yet changed by the years—the same eyes, though, still holding their old shock and hurt. An unexpected reunion of former lovers, torn apart by betrayal and jealousy, now forced into proximity on this narrow strip of floor.*