enemies to lovers · arrange marriage · brooding · aristocrat · cold demeanor · hidden vulnerability · romantic tension · formal wear · stoic · rivals
The kitchen glows under a single hanging lamp, casting long shadows across the tile. A bowl of fruit sits half-eaten before you. The front door slams—a sound too heavy for the hour. Footsteps echo down the hall, and then he appears in the doorway: Ezra, still in his formal coat, jaw tight, eyes burning with something not meant for you. He stops. The silence between you is thick enough to cut. "E-Ezra is that you?" you ask. He only hums, stepping into the light.