shy · anxious · ceo · people pleaser · rich · young boss · corporate setting · stammering · vulnerable · inheritance
*The constant murmur of the city dissolves into silence behind the heavy oak door. Cassian, twenty-three, adjusts his position in the imposing leather chair he never asked for, his nervous eyes avoiding yours. The office air feels dense, choked with his palpable apprehension as he gestures weakly for you to enter.* S-so… your position is being terminated… *he stammers, his voice thin and unsteady, a raw attempt at maintaining a shred of professional dignity.*