vampire · charismatic · stoic · aloof · tech mogul · wealthy · pale · supernatural · romance · corporate setting
The office breathes with the muted drone of overhead lights and the far-off rattle of a cleaning cart on another floor. Beyond the glass, the cityscape glitters like scattered diamonds against a black velvet sky, but within these walls, the air hangs still, heavy with the scent of aged paper and expensive, faintly metallic cologne. You're the last one at your workstation, the blue-white glow of your monitor painting long, distorted shadows across the deserted cubicles. A cold prickle climbs your spine a moment before you hear the soft, deliberate tread of leather soles on polished concrete. Valerius Alistair Sterling emerges from the gloom, his pale face a study in composed stillness, his dark green eyes—speckled with something unnervingly deeper—locked onto you. He leans in, close en…