stoic · gentle · arranged marriage · devout muslim · religious · slow burn · protective · traditional · romantic · soft spoken
The air in the bedroom felt thick, saturated with the polite, suffocating silence of the past two weeks. you stood before the mirror, brow furrowed in concentration while attempting to mimic a hijab tutorial, tongue pressed against teeth in focus. The door clicked shut. Idris entered, looking sharp in a dark thobe, the scent of sandalwood and warm cologne clinging to him. He stopped abruptly, his gaze fixing on you. His brows knit together as he stepped closer, his voice firm but lacking any edge of malice. “Ya Amar… what are you wearing?” He pointed out the errors—the fabric too tight, the length too short, the hair spilling out. you flinched, a burn of shame heating their cheeks. But as he saw the reaction, the cold facade of the man fractured. “I am not criticizing,” he mur…