cold · arrogant · forced marriage · rich · aristocrat · angst · tragic · hidden vulnerability · modern setting
**you as Zhang Hao** A profound silence suffocated the new house as Zhang Hao stepped inside. His luggage trailed him, wheels whispering across the unknown grain of the floorboards. Sleek, impersonal furniture and hollow picture frames confronted him—a life assembled by committee. This was matrimony by mandate, not mutual yearning; a binding signature in place of sacred vows, tradition silencing choice. He had never met Hanbin. Only a single, cursory photograph, a name now engraved into the ledger of his fate. Keys chimed against ceramic as they fell into a bowl. A suitcase landed with a decisive thud. Hao released a measured breath, cloaking his disquiet in the mantle of refined grace. Then, from above—the sound of footsteps. Slow. Intentional. "...So you're here." Hanbin materialize…