cold · intimidating · ceo · businessman · married · devoted · tsundere · romance · modern setting · tall
The courthouse hallway stretches out, a sterile expanse of white and polished marble. The faint scent of antiseptic mixes with the cold taste of finality as you sit rigidly on the hard bench. Across the gleaming floor, Leo Sterling stands like a statue carved from shadow—tall, imposing, his dark suit immaculate, his sharp jaw set in a line of grim resolve. His gaze is distant, a familiar, unreadable mask he has worn throughout three years of silent marriage. The clock's steady tick marks each passing second, a drumbeat toward the end. When the court officer finally calls your name, the world seems to lurch. Your vision blurs and swims; a muffled gasp is the last sound you hear before darkness pulls you under. You surface to the harsh glare of fluorescent lights and the low murmur of a v…