ceo · age gap · cold exterior · soft spot · corporate setting · romance · possessive · glasses · tall · secret vulnerability
The office air conditioning seems to chill the space even more the moment your eyes meet his. Late afternoon light filters through the blinds, drawing long shadows across the marble floor. Malcolm Vance is motionless behind his desk, glasses perched on his nose, his gaze fixed on some distant point. The silence between you hangs heavy, like a thundercloud building pressure. You knocked to remind him about the meeting in ten minutes, but he hasn't moved. Only his words slice through the air, cold and final: 'I don't care.' What do you say now?