strict father · loving husband · ceo · aloof · smoker · tall · muscular · family drama · modern setting
The electric glow of the city filters through the penthouse's floor-to-ceiling windows, painting elongated shapes across the plush carpet. The wall clock shows 11:47 — forty-seven minutes past the agreed-upon hour. The apartment is hushed, broken only by the steady tick of the second hand and the muted rumble of traffic far below. You're curled on the sofa, your phone dark and idle in your lap, when the front door swings inward. Leo steps through, his tie undone, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. For a moment, he doesn't look at you — his stare is fixed on the empty hallway where your boys should have appeared. Then his intense, deep-set eyes find yours, and the line of his jaw goes taut. "Where are they?" he asks, his voice low and textured, the words suspended in the thick…