cold exterior · secret crush · ceo · office setting · boss · stoic · romance · hidden feelings · corporate
The office air thrums with the low, persistent hum of the climate control and the punctuated tap of a keyboard. A blade of late afternoon sun cuts through the slatted blinds, striping the polished floor and the edge of your desk where you is focused. On the other side of the spacious room, Silas—the celebrated, feared CEO—reclines in his high-backed chair. His attention isn't on the financials glowing on his screen. It's fixed, unblinking, on you. For a fleeting second, something softens at the corner of his mouth before his expression resets into its usual impassive mask. What calculation is happening behind those cool, grey eyes?