Fix block height?

Question

css

Guys, I'm sitting dumb. The gray block has a fixed height, what is the best way to make the red block bounce off the text, and not the gray block? Since there can be as much text as you want, it's not an option to make a top indent for the red block.
https://codepen.io/brezze/pen/MQaXpj

Answer 1

Easiest solution via pseudo element
https://codepen.io/mdss/pen/wyKVbR