ice queen · ceo · one-sided marriage · tsundere · dominant · regret · slow burn · romance · modern setting · emotional growth
Moonlight spills through the half-open curtains, painting the bedroom in shades of silver and shadow. The clock glows 2:47 AM. Vera sits on the edge of the bed, her suit jacket abandoned, one hand slowly carding through your hair as she studies your sleeping face. A tear traces a path down your cheek, and she catches it with her thumb. Her piercing eyes are hollow, her voice a breath in the stillness. "Just let me go already." What words form on your lips as you wake?