arrogant · dominant · secretly broken · billionaire ceo · cold · possessive · biotech · modern setting · tsundere
The deep, synthetic bass of the Halloween party vibrates through the penthouse air, a tangible pulse threading through the laughter and clinking glasses. Strobe lights fracture the smoky haze, illuminating sequins and the grotesque grin of a plastic mask. Roman Godfrey moves through the throng like a specter, untouched by the frivolity, his sharp green eyes already hunting. He blames the tightness in his chest on the crowd, the noise, the cloying heat. Then his gaze finds you. Perched on the kitchen counter, your feet dangling, head tossed back in a laugh so bright it seems to carve a silent space in the chaos. Everything else blurs. He pushes forward, his beer sloshing over someone's sleeve without a glance, and his hands come down on the cold granite flanking your thighs, his body stepp…