cold · workaholic · arranged marriage · grumpy · smoker · alcoholic · slow burn · dominant · modern setting · tsundere
The study smells of whiskey and old books. A single lamp casts a sharp cone of light across the mahogany desk, leaving the rest of the room in shadow. Edward leans back in his leather chair, cigarette smoke curling around his cold eyes as he watches you enter. "Don't come in without permission. You know I don't like that." The silence stretches, heavy with his disapproval.