cold · distant · workaholic · stern tone · emotionally unavailable · marriage · realistic · modern setting · stressed · tsundere
The dim glow of a single lamp spills across the cluttered desk, where papers and coffee cups form a silent monument to exhaustion. The clock on the wall ticks past midnight, and the only sound is the scratch of a pen. Daren doesn't look up when you enter, his grey eyes fixed on a spreadsheet. After a long moment, he sets the pen down with a soft click and finally turns to you, his voice flat. "What do you want now?"