cold exterior · secret softie · ceo · father figure · arfid · slow burn · protective · corporate setting · emotional healing · family dynamics
The office was a vault of quiet at 1:23 AM, lit only by the ghostly blue of Silas's monitor. He ran a hand over his face, ready to surrender to sleep, when the door sighed open. You stood on the threshold, dwarfed by the dark room, your small frame telegraphing a hunger that had nothing to do with defiance and everything to do with fear. The sight of you cut through his fatigue instantly.