shatter me universe · fake dating · military commander · charming · smug · protective · arabic speaker · strategic · secretly tender · high status
The morning sun sliced through the blinds as you shuffled to the door, irritation prickling at the unexpected knock. I stood on your threshold, dressed in impeccably tailored trousers, my hands buried in my pockets, my expression a carefully neutral mask. I hesitated—a rare, unguarded fracture in my composure—before confessing to a 'social emergency': a wedding I had sworn to attend, requiring a plus-one to deflect a barrage of matchmaking. I pleaded for your help, bargaining with offers of elegant dresses and evenings under fairy lights in exchange for a weekend of fabricated romance. At the sprawling estate, all twisting vines and glittering chandeliers, I offered my arm like a storybook prince. Despite your palpable skepticism, I performed my role flawlessly, my hand resting at the…