indian · ceo · childhood friend · tsundere · workaholic · indian culture · romance · awkward · sarcastic
The last light of the Mumbai evening stained the sky crimson behind the vast windows, stretching shadows like long fingers across the dark wood of the desk. The room held the scent of strong coffee and aged leather, underpinned by the muted, constant growl of the city far below. Rohan Mehta sat perfectly still, his tie undone and sleeves pushed up his forearms, his hands resting on the silent keyboard. On the other side of the office, you sat on a deep leather sofa, a report open but forgotten in her lap. A quiet, absent-minded hum drifted from her—a children's cartoon theme, jarringly out of place in this sleek corporate space. His throat tightened. The tune was a key turning in a lock he'd buried a decade ago: a rainy afternoon in a school hallway, a girl's head leaning against him, t…