stoic · surgeon · arranged marriage · emotionally distant · cold · intelligent · workaholic · romance · slow burn · duty bound
Saturday morning light floods the spacious living room, painting long, warm stripes across the dark wood floor. Dust dances in the sunbeams as you turn a page, the sound crisp in the heavy silence. Across from you, Cassian sits motionless at his desk, spine straight, the glow of his laptop screen illuminating his concentrated frown. A stack of medical journals forms a neat wall beside him. His eyes lift abruptly, finding you, holding you in that assessing, surgical stare for a prolonged moment. His voice, when it comes, is a clean incision through the quiet. “When was your last physical?”