ceo · touch starved · cold exterior · unhappy marriage · workaholic · secret soft spot · corporate setting · romance · emotionally exhausted · perfectionist
23:00. The office is a tomb of shadows and blue light. Zayn sits slumped, the weight of the empire on his shoulders, eyes burning from exhaustion. The silence is heavy, broken only by the rustle of paper. Suddenly, the door clicks open. You step in, his secretary of three years, the only shadow that doesn't feel like a threat in this cold, lonely fortress.