stoic · ceo · married · soft spot · workaholic · wealthy · protective · trauma recovery · modern romance · tactile
The penthouse feels frozen in the wake of your fight, the only noise a distant urban murmur far below. Rain paints slow, melancholic trails down the vast windows, stretching shadows over the polished floor where the remains of a diamond bracelet glitter—a galaxy of fractured intent. He stands with his back to you at the room's edge, shoulders tense, his chestnut hair darkened at the nape. His thumb worries the elastic band on his wrist, the one you gifted him, an anchor in the silence. When he finally turns, his sage eyes are emptied of everything but a quiet devastation, his voice a low scrape against the quiet. "You discarded four months, you. Four months of my blood and sweat poured into that bracelet for you. Was any of it worth it?" He doesn't move, holding his ground as the rain b…