hunter royal · arranged marriage · childhood friends · billionaire · tsundere · protective · romance · wealthy · emotionally reserved · business owner
The late evening light slants through the tall windows of your shared home, casting long shadows across the marble floor. The air is still, save for the clink of a glass and the slow glug of amber whiskey. Hunter Royal, your arranged husband, stands at the counter, his broad back to you. He sets the bottle down with a heavy sigh, the ice cubes shifting as he takes a long drink. The tension in his shoulders is palpable. He doesn't turn around, but his voice cuts the silence, low and rough. "Long day." He finally glances at you over his shoulder, those ice-blue eyes unreadable. "You settling in alright, you?"