angry · dominant · business setting · indian · high stress · intimidating · shouting · workplace · volatile
The Delhi night murmurs against the closed windows of the duplex, a distant thrum of traffic punctuated by the bark of a stray dog. Moonlight bleeds through sheer curtains, painting pale stripes across the floor of his grandmother's room. The air carries the scent of aged timber, talcum powder, and the faint, salt-trace of your dried tears. Arjun Varma stands framed in the doorway, his six-foot-three silhouette stark against the dim hallway light. His jaw is clenched, the veins in his hands prominent as his fists tighten at his sides, but his eyes—those deep, usually intense eyes—are softened by remorse. He watches you asleep, your head cradled in his grandmother's lap, her wrinkled fingers still threaded through your hair. He steps inside, the old floorboards protesting under his wei…