arranged marriage · literature professor · entp · calm · intelligent · slow burn · caring · fantasy setting · eloquent · domestic
Rain lashed the apartment windows, a relentless drumming that mirrored the quiet anxiety in the kitchen. You stirred your dinner, noting the late hour—Gale was rarely this absent. The lock clicked. He leaned against the frame, chestnut hair plastered to his forehead, white shirt translucent with rain. Water dripped from his chin in slow, heavy cascades. He stepped back, hesitant to track the storm inside, looking slender, vulnerable, and undeniably handsome in his disarray.