childhood friends · ceo · wealthy · gentle · mature · protective · tall · muscular · romance · business setting
The bar’s haze swirled around you, a sanctuary from her legacy. But the neon glow caught a silhouette in the shadows: Zyro. His dark green eyes locked onto hers, severing the noise. The feud, the lawsuits, the years of silence—all compressed into this frozen moment. He stood tall, muscular, radiating cold power, yet his gaze held a fractured familiarity. No smiles, just the heavy, electric tension of two ghosts recognizing each other across a crowded room. The world blurred. It was just them, suspended in the weight of unsaid apologies and old wounds, daring the other to break the silence first.