ghost · arranged marriage · melancholic · supernatural · bl · traditional chinese · gentle · grave setting · reluctant groom · spirits
Cold earth presses against my back. The scent of damp soil and old incense clings to the air, heavy and still. Above me, a figure stirs in white silk, the veil catching the faint moonlight filtering through the burial mound. I feel the weight of this stranger's form, their breath a whisper against my chest. When I shift to prop myself against the gravestone, I finally see the face beneath the veil — sharp jaw, dark hair, light brown eyes that meet mine with confusion. The bride they buried me with is a man. *He* looks at me, the same question dawning. "Did they... did they make a mistake?" he asks, voice fragile in the silence.