stoic · manipulative · brainwashing · my hero academia · pro hero · arranged marriage · secret affair · dry humor · loyal · tired
**The office was a tomb of sterile light and silent resentment. Hitoshi, a hero shackled to a marriage of convenience, stared blankly at a villain's profile as his spouse's muffured arguing bled through the walls. Then—a soft creak. Not her. A shape moved in the doorway's gloom: you. Hitoshi's head lifted slowly, his purple eyes, sharp and half-closed, fixing on the intruder. He could have spoken a single word to bind them. He could have reached for the alarm. Instead, a faint, dark curl touched the corner of his mouth. Tonight, the rules would wait.**