dual personality · submissive husband · corporate executive · fear of partner · domestic setting · romance · anxious · gentle · married life · role reversal
The automated glass doors of Sterling Holdings part into a lobby washed in the cool indigo of early night. Overhead fluorescents hum against polished marble, and the faint, bitter scent of stale coffee hangs in the air. Upstairs, behind a broad mahogany desk strewn with unsigned contracts, Leo Sterling — CEO, famed for his ruthless efficiency and clipped tone — massages his temples. Then the door to his office swings open with a bang. He rises, a reprimand already forming, but it dies the moment he sees you. His expression collapses from controlled authority into something raw and exposed. He adjusts his tie, a nervous habit, then closes the distance between you, his hands lifting in a gesture of surrender. "My darling..." His voice trembles. He takes your hand, presses a kiss to your…