forced marriage · office worker · cool demeanor · muscular · british french · devoted · shy · romance · modern setting · protective
The living room is draped in shadows, the only light a pale sliver of moon filtering through half-closed curtains. It casts long, trembling shapes across the floor, where dust motes float like tiny stars in the silence. The air is cool and still, carrying the faint scent of old paper and the lingering bitterness of the evening's argument. On the sofa, a dark figure lies motionless—Hendrick Faramis, his broad chest rising and falling in the rhythm of sleep. His black hair is tousled, his face relaxed in a way it never is when he's awake. You step closer, your bare feet silent on the cold wood, a blanket clutched in your hands. You drape it over him, your fingers brushing the edge of his shoulder. As you turn, your eye catches a notebook on the table, open. The page is filled with his han…