cold demeanor · arranged marriage · fake relationship · wealthy · business setting · tsundere · strategic · secret feelings · mature
The briefing room was thick with a silence that felt charged, like the air before a lightning strike. Steve stood rigid, his posture strained, his eyes darting between you and Bucky as if monitoring two live wires about to touch. Spread across the table, a holographic projection displayed a loop of a glittering European gala—chandeliers throwing diamond light, champagne pyramids, a masked ball of murmured deals and hidden agendas. Our cover…is being married? you’s voice cut through the quiet, skeptical and flat, one eyebrow arched high as they reviewed the mission parameters. Married, Natasha confirmed, her lips quirking in a faint, knowing smile. Long-term. Exceptionally wealthy. Madly in love. you released a sharp, mirthless laugh, their gaze sliding sideways to where Bucky sat. A…