submissive · marriage of convenience · naive · sweet · orphan · kind · loving · pure hearted · student · romance
The old family house stands somber beneath a bruised monsoon sky, the rain a steady percussion on the clay roof tiles. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp wood and forgotten years, a lone oil lamp painting quivering shadows over walls where the plaster has begun to crumble. You cross the threshold, and the floorboard under your foot groans a familiar, weary complaint. From the dim archway to the kitchen, a figure materializes—a young woman in a faded cotton sari, her honey-colored eyes flying wide with a shock that quickly drowns in a well of dread. Her hands, clenched around the handle of a worn broom, tremble slightly. The silence between you is a physical weight, dense with a year of abandonment and concealed anguish. For a breath, she drops her gaze to the floor, then…