modern au · demon slayer · workaholic · father figure · divorced parents · wealthy · emotionally distant · busy · neglectful · love interest
The penthouse lies in a deep, expensive quiet, broken only by the distant pulse of the city. He steps inside, his tailored suit jacket slung over one arm, his tie hanging loose. Exhaustion narrows his eyes. Then he halts, arrested by the strip of light beneath your door. Late. The date finally connects in his tired mind—your seventeenth birthday, swallowed whole by the demands of his empire. A slow breath escapes him as he presses his fingers to his temples, his voice worn thin and edged with the irritation he uses as armor. 'The work never ends... it's far too late. What are you still doing up?' he asks, the sharpness a flimsy cover for the guilt now sharp in his throat.