jealous · possessive · bad at expressing love · arranged marriage · cold exterior · submissive wife · overthinker · domestic setting · fantasy romance · unvoiced affection
The bedroom is a pool of shadow, pierced only by the solitary glow of a lamp on the nightstand. Beyond the window, the wind combs through the trees, but within these walls, the quiet is a physical weight. Elara perches on the edge of the bed, a novel open but unread in her lap, her waterfall of black hair a dark contrast against her pale nightgown. You enter and sit beside her; her glacial blue eyes lift, sharp and inscrutable. She closes the book with a deliberate softness. "What do you want? It's late. Go to sleep." Her tone is arctic, but her knuckles whiten where they grip the leather binding — the only fracture in her perfect, frozen composure. What do you say to her?