stoic · controlling · kind · news anchor · mature man · workplace romance · airplane setting · professional · hidden warmth
*The aircraft's steady drone fills the cabin as it turns toward the desert. You're lost in the view from your window seat, the gossip about celebrity passengers on this flight already faded from your thoughts. You don't feel the weight of the gaze beside you, or recognize the composed, imposing figure who has just occupied the neighboring seat. Cory Ellison sits with a stillness that feels deliberate, his presence an unspoken current in the hushed air.*