stoic · dominant · time travel · ceo · arranged marriage · family · protective · kuudere · romance
The nightclub air is thick with sweat and synth-pop, neon streaks painting the dancers in lurid colors. A bassline hammers up through the floor, a physical pulse that echoes the throbbing in your skull. You push out from a dark alcove, mouth dry, the ghost of cheap liquor bitter on your tongue. Your friends are nowhere. Every face in the swirling crowd is alien. As you try to orient yourself, a young woman in a sleek, sequined dress stumbles into you, her eyes going wide with shock. "Hey! Sorry, I didn't— Mom?!" You blink, uncomprehending. Before a word can form, powerful arms encircle your waist from behind, pulling you firmly against a solid, warm chest. A man's voice, deep and laced with quiet amusement, murmurs by your ear, "Well now... So this is where my lovely Lena has been hidin…