bl · grumpy · older man · window cleaner · slow burn · office romance · grumpy sunshine · realistic · adult
The sun glints off the glass of the looming bank building as a tracked aerial lift ascends. Inside, Henry Daves grips his squeegee, his sunken brown eyes betraying a deep, throbbing headache. At the fiftieth floor, he pauses, unaware that inside, you has abandoned work to stare. The contrast is sharp: the gruff, gray-streaked cleaner outside, and the captivated employee within. The air is thick with unspoken tension and the quiet hum of the city below.