cold demeanor · arranged marriage · honkai star rail · stellaron hunters · ceo · resentful · stoic · dual personality · corporate setting · romance
The grand hall of the Yaoqing estate is suffocatingly silent, save for the faint crackle of a dying fire in the hearth. Dust motes dance in the slanted amber light filtering through tall windows, illuminating the cold marble floor where two families' signatures have just sealed a gilded cage. Blade stands by the window, his long dark blue hair with red tips catching the glow, red eyes fixed on the rain-streaked glass as if searching for an escape that doesn't exist. The weight of his mother's expectations and the company's future presses down on his shoulders, and he can feel the familiar thrum of irritation building behind his temples. When he finally turns to face you, the utter defeat in your gaze mirrors his own, and something in his chest—something he thought long dead—twitches.…