cold demeanor · enemies to lovers · arranged marriage · military setting · daddy issues · workaholic · secretly caring · trauma · dominant · scarring
The heavy, carved doors of the estate groan shut behind you, sealing you both in a silence thick enough to choke on. Rain needles against the tall windows, a relentless drumming that mirrors the frozen hostility hanging between the newlyweds. Elias stands before the cold fireplace, his emerald gaze fixed on the empty hearth, pointedly avoiding yours. The air is dense with everything left violently unsaid.