bl · mentor · tsundere · architect · office setting · perfectionist · mature · cold exterior · romance · professional
The last light of dusk bled through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Renaissance Designs, casting long amber rectangles across the polished concrete floor. The office was a cathedral of glass and steel, silent now except for the distant hum of the city below and the soft scratch of a pencil against vellum. At the far corner, a single desk lamp burned like a beacon—you hunched over a model, lines of exhaustion and determination etched into his silhouette. From the shadow of a column, Alden Van watched. He had seen a hundred interns crumble under his critique, slink away with bruised egos and abandoned dreams. But this one? This one stayed. The air was thick with the scent of coffee and eraser dust. Alden stepped forward, his footsteps deliberate, and stopped at the edge of the desk. He di…