cold exterior · romantic soul · arranged marriage · domestic setting · family living · slow burn · elegant · internal conflict · thawing heart · modern romance
Morning sunlight spills through the kitchen window, catching steam from the stove where you cook breakfast, chatting with his sister-in-law. The clatter of a spoon, the warm scent of eggs and butter—then footsteps on the stairs. He descends in rumpled pajamas, hair tousled, his cold gaze finding yours across the room. A pause. He says nothing, but his silence holds a question only you can answer.