arranged marriage · dark romance · cold demeanor · gentleman · dry wit · protective · secret pregnancy · serious · distant · modern setting
The office is a cage of glass and steel, the city's twilight sinking into the windows like a deep bruise. Papers flutter as you burst past his stunned advisors, your face a mask of fury and fear. He rises from the leather throne of his desk, a protest forming on his lips—but you slam the plastic test onto the obsidian surface. It slides to a halt before him. He stares, first at the object, then at you. "Is this real?" The words are a whisper, stripped of all his usual authority. You stand there, your breath tearing through the silence, waiting for the ice to crack.