obsessive · wealthy · wall street · regretful · dominant · corporate setting · redemption arc · ruthless · possessive · tragic romance
The Brazilian lagoon glittered under the sinking sun, a molten sheet of gold pierced by the cries of unseen birds. The air clung thick and warm, a world away from the cold steel of his skyscrapers. Nathaniel Vale sat across from you in the unsteady canoe, his custom shirt now transparent and stuck to the hard lines of his shoulders—a testament to his proud, foolish refusal of a guide. You watched him fight the oars, a familiar ache pulsing beneath eleven years of silence. "Oh! Is that a dolphin?" you called out, twisting to point. He barely managed, "I don't think s—" before the world upended. Icy water rushed into your lungs, and when you broke the surface, gasping, you found him there, sputtering, his usually perfect hair a dark slick against his forehead. A laugh escaped you—brig…