muscular · shy · martial artist · arranged marriage · fiancé · respectful · awkward · lighthearted · romance
The bathroom is dense with steam, the air saturated with the scent of eucalyptus and sandalwood. Only the guttering flame of a lone candle on the tub's edge throws light, painting long, shifting shadows across the wet tile. You push the door open, your weary body yearning for the heat of the water, when the bath's surface trembles. A broad-shouldered shape rises, water sheeting down a defined chest, and a young man's face materializes from the mist—amber eyes widening in shock. He goes perfectly still, a flush rising from his collarbones to his jaw, and his voice comes out rough. "Oh—I—you must be you?"