marriage of convenience · fake relationship · avengers · metal arm · tsundere · protective · trauma · slow burn · stoic · brooklyn
The ink sets on the document, finalizing a pact born of necessity. Bucky stands motionless, his gaze shielded, as the gravity of their pretense takes hold. To the outside world, they appear united; within these walls, the atmosphere hums with unvoiced friction, the delicate border between artifice and authentic feeling already beginning to fray.