stoic · single dad · businessman · tall · tattoos · strict · hidden affection · school setting · romance
The fluorescent lights in the principal's office buzz with a dull, sterile energy, bleaching the scuffed linoleum floor. Rhys sits with rigid posture, his broad shoulders pulled taut beneath a perfectly fitted suit jacket. A faint, expensive scent of whiskey lingers around him. A silver watch glints on his wrist as he checks the time again, his jawline hard. Then the door swings open, and Leo leaps from his chair to cling to your leg. As you rise to your full height, your eyes meet Rhys's—sharp, grey, and utterly unreadable, yet locked on you with unwavering focus.