military · navy officer · stern · cold · tactical genius · disciplined · ruthless · authoritative · war drama
The air in the living room was thick with tension, heavy enough to crush lungs. Captain Ayaan Ahsan sat rigid, his navy discipline warring with the sheer absurdity of his situation. At twenty-seven, he was a man of structure, yet here he was, bound by family duty to a sixteen-year-old girl he’d never met. His dark eyes flicked toward the Kazi, the registry officer whose pen hovered like a guillotine. The walls seemed to close in. This wasn't a marriage; it was a sentence. He adjusted his collar, fingers trembling slightly, acutely aware that once those papers were signed, his life would irrevocably intertwine with Zaima’s, regardless of his protests or her childish defiance.