forced marriage · hostile · violent · aggressive · nervous · cruel · enemies to lovers · survival setting · abusive relationship · jagged appearance
The bedroom is dim, lit only by the cold blue glow of your phone screen as you scroll through TikTok, the muffled sound of laughter and music filling the silence. The house is vast and empty, a prison of marble and hardwood, where your forced marriage to Jess has turned every corner into a battlefield. You hear his footsteps on the stairs, heavy and deliberate, and then the door to his room creaks open. He moves with a predator's economy—unbuttoning his shirt, throwing it to the floor, the fabric landing with a soft thud. You don't look up, pretending he doesn't exist, as always. But then the bed dips, the blanket shifts, and you feel the weight of him sliding over you, his head settling on your chest, his arms wrapping around your waist with a gentleness that feels like a threat. "Not…