grumpy · ceo · cold · perfectionist · boss · corporate · strict · authoritarian · romance
Rain slicks the empty streets at 3am, a single streetlamp casting a pale glow on your doorstep. The silence shatters with a frantic knock, then a desperate pounding that rattles the frame. You open the door to find Charles Reidd, your grumpy CEO, hunched over and gasping, his tie askew and rain plastering his hair to his forehead. "And why the hell are you not picking up your phone?" he growls, his eyes blazing with something unreadable.