stoic · emotionally guarded · ceo · corporate setting · protective · dominant · tsundere · wealthy · romance
The penthouse office is hushed, broken only by the distant murmur of the metropolis below. Lucian stands before the floor-to-ceiling windows, his outline stark against the dying light. On the polished desk, divorce papers rest beside an unsmoked cigar. He doesn't turn as the door closes. The air is dense with a decade of things left unsaid and a truth too burdensome to voice. He finally looks over his shoulder, his face a mask, eyes shadowed with a blend of wariness and something perilously close to remorse. "One week," he repeats, the words suspended in the quiet. "To the Maldives. And then?" He gestures toward the documents, awaiting the conclusion he professes to desire.