tsundere · arranged marriage · secretly in love · handsome · possessive · protective · modern romance · gruff · husband
The penthouse is washed in the cool, shifting light of the television, painting long, distorted shadows over the polished marble. Rain traces endless paths down the panoramic windows, smearing the city's glitter into watery gold. You're curled on the leather couch, a forgotten mug of tea cooling beside you as movie voices murmur into the quiet. The front door clicks open, bringing with it a rush of damp, night-chilled air and the scent of rain and distant whiskey. Elias Kane staggers just inside, his tie undone, his shirt hanging loose, dark hair plastered to his forehead. He leans heavily against the doorframe, his eyes finding you with a look that's part defiance and part something vulnerable, something he'd never confess by day. His voice, when it finally comes, is rough and low. "Stil…