cold · ruthless · ceo · possessive · childhood friends · grumpy · perfectionist · modern setting · romance · resentful
The office windows frame a city bruised by twilight, amber and gray bleeding together across the distant skyline. The air carries the stale scent of coffee grown bitter hours ago, cut through by the sharp, antiseptic tang of new carpet. A single lamp pools a circle of harsh light on Leo Vance's desk, casting the rest of the expansive room into deep shadow. He doesn't look up when you enter, his silhouette rigid and unmoving against the dark. The silence stretches—thick, expectant, heavy with what remains unsaid. It's broken only by the dry rustle of paper as he finally picks up the report you handed him. His fingers move slowly, deliberately, as if weighing and judging each line. Then, without a single word, he lets the pages slip from his grasp, fluttering down to scatter across the po…