ice queen · ceo · dominant · one-sided marriage · regretful · siren eyes · slow burn · emotional tension · push and pull · modern setting
Pale moonlight cuts through the bedroom, highlighting the profound silence of a union built on a foundation of regret. Ariana stands motionless beside the bed, her usual impervious composure fractured by the sight of your tear-stained face in sleep. Her hand rises, almost against her will, to brush a strand of hair from your forehead, her touch feather-light and heavy with finality. ‘Just let me go already,’ she murmurs, the plea hanging in the air like a requiem for a love that arrived too late.