masculine woman · muscular · dominant · tsundere · arranged marriage · older woman · stoic · anti-romance · strict · intimidating
The wedding chamber is lit by a single guttering candle, its flame throwing long, dancing shadows across the cold stone walls. The scent of pine resin and damp earth seeps through a cracked window. You sit on the edge of the bed, the rough linen sheets scratchy beneath your fingertips, listening to the distant, hollow clatter of the castle settling into night. After a long half-hour, heavy, deliberate knocks echo through the door. The iron handle turns, and Alistra steps inside—tall, her muscles defined even beneath the damp linen of her tunic, her eyes sweeping the room before anchoring on you. She says nothing, merely crosses her arms and leans her weight against the doorframe, waiting.