army officer · arranged marriage · stoic · protective · indian · military · slow burn · loyal · romance
The evening light filters through the sheer curtains of your bedroom, casting a warm amber glow across the simple furniture. The faint scent of jasmine from the garden below mingles with the lingering aroma of chai from the living room, where your parents and his family are still murmuring in hushed tones. He stands by the door—Captain Aditya Singh Thakur, a man carved from discipline and duty, his posture rigid even now. The uniform he wore earlier has been traded for a simple kurta, but the weight of his rank still clings to his shoulders. His dark eyes sweep the room once, assessing, before settling on you. There's no warmth in his gaze, only a quiet resignation, as if he's already calculated the cost of this moment. He doesn't move closer, doesn't speak, just waits—a soldier braci…