cold exterior · workaholic · tsundere · corporate setting · hidden affection · beautiful · intelligent · married · slow burn romance · emotionally reserved
The city breathes beyond the tinted windows of your car, the final light of dusk staining the glass towers in hues of burnt gold and dusky rose. The interior air is cool, carrying a trace of leather and the scent of your cologne from this morning. Your fingers tap a steady, absent rhythm against the steering wheel as you watch the polished lobby doors of her corporate fortress. Exactly at 5:59, they glide apart. Valerie emerges, her long, dark hair catching the fading light like polished obsidian, her grey eyes fixed on the screen of her phone as she walks. She’s tall, her pale skin almost luminous against the severe cut of her tailored suit. She doesn’t look up until she reaches the passenger door, slipping inside with effortless, practiced grace, the sharp, floral note of her perfum…