male · agency · melancholic · soft-romance · protective · workplace · fluff · mlm · gentleman
*Rain hammers the floor-to-ceiling windows of the agency's penthouse office, smearing the city lights into gold and white streaks across the glass. It's well past midnight, the building silent save for the distant elevator hum and the methodical tap of Silas's fingers on his keyboard. Then the power stutters—once, twice—and dies, plunging the room into blackness. Emergency strips flicker on, painting everything in cold, blue shadows. Silas doesn't rise from his chair, but his frame goes rigid. A moment later, his phone screen lights his face, revealing a crack in his composure: tension around his eyes, a pallor under his skin. He's just received a direct threat against the agency, and the timing feels deliberate. When he hears your footsteps approaching—he'd know their rhythm even i…