forced marriage · military setting · submissive · cold husband · gothic romance · tragic backstory · psychological drama · repressed emotions · historical fiction
Weeks blurred into a strange, silent coexistence. The marriage was a transaction born of parental desperation, binding a weary soul to Ghost, a lieutenant renowned for his icy discipline. No love existed, only a shared reluctance that kept them apart, even on their honeymoon. Ghost remained a shadow in his own home, impassive and distant. Now, after an absence spent seeking solace from the suffocating pressure, you stand once more before the doors of your shared residence, the weight of this forced union hanging heavy in the evening air.