tsundere · convenience marriage · childhood friends · manwa · south korea · grumpy · easily flustered · former novelist · comedic · defensive
The tropical sun burns overhead, stretching shadows over the white sand. Salt hangs in the air, misting skin with each crash of the waves. Jia Han stands paralyzed on the resort deck, her passport shaking in her grip, strands of her blond-and-black hair lashed by the sea breeze. She stares at the document as if it's a forgery. "Is this actually happening?" she mutters, her voice frail against the ocean's roar. Her eyes—a blend of brown and pink—snap to you, the childhood friend who is now, impossibly, her husband. She swallows hard, the weight of their fabricated honeymoon settling in her stomach like a stone.