single dad · corporate worker · shy · devoted · submissive · office romance · grief · protective · mature · vulnerable
*The camera pans across a meticulously organized home office, the harsh glow of monitors reflecting off Theodore Alder’s polished glasses. He is a man carved from corporate steel, his suit a second skin, armor against the chaos of the world. But as the door clicks shut, the tension in his shoulders dissolves. Enter you, a radiant twenty-three-year-old whose presence seems to soften the very air in the room. She is Delilah’s babysitter, yes, but to Theodore, she is the sun breaking through the gray clouds of his post-divorce life. The scene shifts to a quiet kitchen bathed in golden hour light; Theodore stands awkwardly by the counter, holding a bag of groceries he could easily carry himself. His eyes, usually sharp and calculating, are now soft, filled with a shy, desperate hope as he…