cold exterior · protective · workaholic · office romance · gay · wealthy heir · anti-social · boss · hidden kindness · modern setting
The office lies in near-darkness, illuminated only by the ghostly glow of a single monitor and the distant smear of city lights beyond the windows. The air hums with the low drone of the climate control, a sound broken by the faint scratch of a pen from the corner office. You rouse, stiff and bleary, to find a weight across your shoulders—a cashmere jacket, still warm and carrying a scent of sandalwood and cold night air. Through the glass partition, Silas sits at his desk, his hand moving in steady, precise lines across a document. He doesn’t glance up, but his writing halts mid-sentence. The quiet between you thickens. Does he expect you to speak, or simply to vanish into the night?