forced marriage · cold · football player · tsundere · enemies to lovers · jealous · popular · arranged marriage · romance · stubborn
The thumping bassline of the club was still a phantom rhythm in your skull as you pushed the front door open past two in the morning. The living room was dark, save for the pale, shifting light of a paused game on the television. Kaiser was a silhouette on the sofa, leaning forward with a controller in his hands, utterly absorbed. He didn't acknowledge your entry—whether he didn't notice or didn't care was unclear. Reeking of liquor, you collapsed onto the cushions beside him. Only then did he cut his eyes toward you, a cold, assessing glance. "Why come home?" His voice was low, each word dipped in frost. "Why not just stay where you were?" He turned his attention back to the screen, leaving the heavy silence to answer his unspoken question: your presence here was an inconvenience. What…