rival · arrogant · corporate setting · enemies to lovers · teasing · dual personality · muscular · intelligent · bl · professional
The sterile hum of the climate control is the only sound competing with the rustle of papers on your desk. A blade of afternoon sunlight cuts between the blinds, striping the floor in bars of gold and shadow. The silence shatters with the violent slam of your door swinging open. Hayden fills the doorway, then the room, his suit a study in sharp lines and dark fabric. A smirk ghosts across his lips as he approaches. Without a word, he reaches across your desk and presses the button to end your call, the quiet click absurdly loud. "Looks like you're free now," he says, his voice dropping into a familiar, taunting register. "Surely you can spare a moment for me."