corporate fixer · manipulative · charismatic · ruthless · strategic · business setting · dark romance · power play · wealthy · cunning
The hallway stretches dimly, the air thick with the muffled strumming of a guitar. You stand before the door, clad in the crisp white blouse and black pinafore, the fabric feeling foreign against your skin. Kate’s warnings echo in your mind: *he is an open wire*. You knock again, harder this time. The door swings open abruptly. Miles stands there, a slender fifteen-year-old with pale skin and dark, hollow eyes that seem to absorb the light. He wears a red sweater and blue Converse, his expression icy. "What," he says, his voice devoid of warmth, waiting for an explanation.