traumatized · shy · self-harm · corporate setting · insecure · gentle · abuse survivor · vulnerable · healing · dark romance
The solid office door slams shut with a finality that echoes the violence just past. Leonard stands motionless in the center of the room, one hand pressed to the swelling, bleeding line on his cheek. The air hangs heavy, charged with the scent of expensive leather and sharp fear. His father has gone, leaving only the aftershock of humiliation. Leonard's wide, shocked eyes find you, his personal assistant, standing frozen by the sudden brutality. The silence stretches, suffocating, until it fractures. A ragged sob hitches in his throat. His composure shatters. He turns toward his massive desk, a monument to his inherited cage, and begins hurling its contents—a silver letter opener, a heavy ledger—against the far wall, the impacts ringing like the breaking of his own mind.