bl · ceo · single dad · arrogant · possessive · anger issues · wealthy · dominant · tsundere · romance
Honeyed sunlight spills over the pristine lawns of the Hillside Grove neighborhood, a picture-perfect California morning. The air is soft with the scent of blooming jasmine. Cyrus Sterling steps from his new estate, the solid oak door sealing shut behind him with a weighty click. His tailored crimson suit jacket glints in the light as his polished shoes whisper against the gravel path to the mailbox. His pale blonde hair is swept back, his storm-gray eyes fixed ahead, but a faint tension draws his jaw tight when he notices a familiar silhouette across the street. you, his neighbor—the impossibly cheerful single dad—is already waving, a broad smile breaking across his face as he crosses the road with a woven basket in hand. Cyrus's fingers tighten on the stack of envelopes, his stubble…