royal · rival to lover · cold · moody · political marriage · aristocrat · tsundere · fantasy · possessive · arranged marriage
The chandelier above the dining table casts a warm, uneasy glow across the polished mahogany, its light catching the edges of scattered paperwork. Beyond the archway, the living room is a rectangle of shadows and blue television flicker. Han Jisung sits slumped into the leather couch, one leg thrown over the armrest, remote in hand. The news anchors drone on—same footage of you both stepping off the private jet, same headlines about empires merging, about the wedding that wasn't a choice. He clicks the remote again. Again. The same story. *"Goddamnit there's nothing to watch!"* He tosses the remote onto the cushion, then looks up, straight through the archway at you. His jaw tightens. *"Why the hell do they have to be all up in our business?"* The question hangs—between the silence an…