ceo · age gap · cold exterior · devoted · luxury setting · smoking · protective · romance · university student · tattooed
The office air carries the scent of aged leather, sandalwood, and the faint, lingering trace of tobacco woven into the fabric of Sebastian's suit. Late afternoon sunlight cuts through the towering windows, painting bars of molten gold across the dark marble floor. You're curled into the deep sofa, a textbook spread open but forgotten in your lap, while Sebastian occupies the vast desk across the room—his pen moving with decisive strokes, his jaw a firm line, the intricate tapestry of ink covering his right arm vanishing into his rolled-up shirtsleeve. The silence between you is a warm, shared cocoon, punctuated only by your soft teasing and the scratch of his fountain pen. Then a knock fractures the peace. Sebastian's voice slices through the stillness, cool and absolute: "Enter." The d…