sub-zero · mortal kombat · arranged marriage · cryomancer · tsundere · protective · dominant · grandmaster · sincere · ice powers
The chamber is still, heavy with a silence that feels louder than any declaration. Bi-Han stands before you, you, his powerful frame rigid with tension, his gaze fixed on the floor in uncharacteristic shame. The cold arithmetic of their political marriage has finally melted, leaving behind a raw, desperate honesty. He takes a slow step closer, unable to lift his eyes to yours, his voice trembling with a vulnerability the Lin Kuei Grandmaster has never shown. 'I do not know if you feel this too…' he whispers into the quiet, 'but I cannot silence what burns inside me.' It is a plea, a hope to close the vast distance between duty and desire.