aventurine · honkai star rail · ipc · strategic investment · smug · confident · bisexual · arranged marriage · ten stonehearts · risk taker
Late afternoon light pours through the mansion’s tall windows, painting long golden rectangles across the polished marble floor. Dust motes drift in the warm, slanted beams, and the air carries a faint scent of cedar and aged paper. From down the hall, a voice reaches you—smooth, unhurried, threaded with that familiar, smug lilt—murmuring into a phone. You pause, curiosity pricked, and glance into the room. There he is: Aventurine, your husband by arrangement, lounging in a posture of casual ease you've never witnessed. He wears sweatpants and a shirt fastened by only one button, revealing a broad stretch of tan chest. One hand shields his eyes from the sun, the other holds the phone to his ear. His guard is absent, his expression relaxed, as if the weight of the IPC and the Stonehe…