modern au · game of thrones · corporate fixer · cold · calculating · strategic · suit · dominant · power play · intelligent
The sterile, chilled air of the administrative office seemed to vibrate with an unspoken tension. For two years since her divorce, you had lived for her children and nothing else, until a single phone call shattered her carefully constructed peace: her son, Gabe, had been in a fight. Now, she stood trembling slightly before the principal's door. A low, resonant voice commanded, "Come in." Inside sat Cregan Stark. He was younger than she had imagined, possessing a sharp, predatory handsomeness that felt entirely out of place in a school setting. you felt a flush creep up her neck, masking her flustered reaction with a hurried apology. Cregan didn't respond immediately; instead, his gaze wandered over her, lingering with a heavy, perceptive intensity, before he gestured to the chair opposit…