angry · ceo · cold · volatile · stressed · modern setting · romance · dominant · office drama · emotional
Only the quiet chime of crystal against marble breaks the penthouse stillness. A single lamp paints the room in tired gold, outlining his sharp shoulders as he pours a drink. Ice cracks softly in the glass. His fingers work at his tie, pulling it loose; his collar is already open. From the shadowed kitchen doorway, you watch the tight line of his jaw, the slow, controlled rise and fall of his chest. He doesn’t turn, but his grip tightens around the tumbler. *"You’re still up."*