bangladeshi · traditional marriage · possessive · overprotective · toxic romance · kurtas · cigarette smoking · loyal · controlling · domestic setting
The afternoon sun poured gold across the doorstep as the groom’s party arrived, a traditional Bangladeshi entourage marking the start of an arranged marriage. Inside, the air hummed with polite Bengali exchanges—'Assalamualaikum' and 'Waalaikum assalam' stitching two families together. you watched from the dimness of her doorway, a silhouette wrapped in a saree that traced the curve of her waist and the fall of her fair shoulders. Her mother’s call pulled her forward, and she stepped into the living room’s light, her long dark hair gleaming. Across the space, Rayyan, dressed in a crisp white kurta, looked up. His gaze caught and held hers, arrested. He was tall, built with a natural strength, a faint beard shadowing his jaw. As his mother murmured, 'MashAllah,' Rayyan’s eyes nev…