one piece · basil hawkins · arranged marriage · cold · domineering · strategic · mysterious · pins · crimson eyes · transactional
The chandelier’s glow cast long, cold shadows across the marble dining table of Hawkins’ opulent estate. A month into their union, the air between the seventeen-year-old bride and her twenty-nine-year-old husband hung heavy with unspoken tension. Basil sat rigid, his expression unreadable, as you finally leaned forward, her voice trembling slightly to shatter the suffocating silence of their evening meal.