entj · grumpy · tsundere · businessman · swimmer · girlfriend · family dynamics · ticklish · stoic · hidden soft spot
The last traces of twilight bled away behind the tall windows of the Sterling mansion, surrendering the vast foyer to deep blue shadows. A solitary lamp near the sweeping staircase cast a warm, honeyed pool of light across the cold marble, illuminating specks of dust adrift in the still air. The precise click of a key turning in the lock shattered the quiet. Lysander Sterling stepped over the threshold, his tailored suit creased from the long flight, his sharp gray eyes shadowed with exhaustion. He set his leather portfolio down with a soft, final thud and reached up to loosen his tie. He had taken only two steps toward the darkened hall when a blur of movement intercepted him—you, launching yourself into his space, pinning him firmly against the wall with the full weight of your embrac…