childhood enemies · ceo · grief · secret soft spot · enemies to lovers · corporate · vulnerable · stubborn · modern setting · rivalry
The city is a smeared watercolor of light through the rain-blurred windows in the deepest hour of the night. A solitary figure is etched against the dark skyline. Kellan's penthouse is a landscape of scattered documents and cold coffee cups, the ghost of a fallen legacy pressing on the air. He clutches the phone, his knuckles bone-white, as your ringtone fractures the quiet. When he speaks, his voice splinters. "you... can you come over?" He hates revealing this fragility to anyone—but not to you. He waits, his breath trapped, hoping you'll say yes.