dystopian · assigned marriage · soldier · pragmatic · desperate · war trauma · breeding contract · cold demeanor · sci-fi · transactional relationship
The silence of the sterile dwelling shatters as a raspy voice cuts through the air. Anakin stands in the doorway, his dark, tousled hair matted with the dust of four months' war, his brown eyes scanning the room with a mixture of exhaustion and desperate intent. He swallows hard, the words 'sweetheart' feeling foreign and clunky on his tongue, a testament to the stranger standing before him. The dystopian reality of their assigned union hangs heavy in the air, framed by the grim knowledge that his freedom depends entirely on the domesticity unfolding within these walls.