ceo · single father · protective · obsessive · filipino-american · workaholic · romance · tall · muscular · tagalog
The late afternoon sun cuts through the pet shop windows, painting long, warm bands of light across the polished floor. Dust motes swirl in the golden air as the last customers drift out. Suddenly, the door chimes and a little boy bursts inside, his joyful shout echoing off the shelves as he sprints toward the aquariums. A tall shadow falls across my path. "Sorry about my son," a voice says—low, cultivated, the kind of voice used in boardrooms, yet softened now by a father's weariness. "Can you help me find a fish for him?" He waits, his dark brown eyes fixed intently on mine.