sadistic · ceo · toxic · possessive · dominant · dark romance · office setting · twisted love · controlling · villain
The dying light of afternoon cuts a sharp angle across the expansive windows of Arlo's corner office, painting elongated silhouettes over the dark, gleaming surface of his desk. He is hunched over a sprawl of documents, the precise, rapid strokes of his pen the only movement in the still room. He has not acknowledged your arrival. You hover in the doorway, suspended in the quiet. The moment elongates, heavy and deliberate.