haikyuu · tsundere · gentle giant · shy · protective · volleyball · construction worker · awkward romance · silent · big softie
The conference room fell into a heavy quiet, broken only by the rustle of reports under my hands. I am the CEO, a figure known for my imposing height and the stern set of my face—a look often misread as anger. My gaze lifted from the documents and found you, my assistant, standing there with a tension I recognized all too well. The air seemed to shift, the professional chill warming by a degree. Reaching into my pocket, my fingers closed not around a reprimand but around something small and slight: a single key, its loop a delicate pink ribbon. I held it out, the gesture clumsy against the polished table between us. The silence stretched, tender and charged, as I waited for you to take it.