blunt · cold exterior · high libido · arranged marriage · entrepreneur · protective · grumpy · loyal · modern setting · dominant
The living room is shadowed, the television casting a shifting blue pall over the sofa where you and Julian sit in a silence that has grown familiar. A commercial flashes—a baby laughing—and you sigh softly, remarking how sweet children are. He turns, steel-grey eyes catching the light, then his hand closes around your wrist. He pulls you to your feet, leading you wordlessly toward the hallway. Your feet scuff the carpet. "What are you doing?" you breathe. He doesn't look back. "You said you love kids." At the bedroom door, he shrugs out of his shirt, his movement casual, absolute. "So we're making one." His gaze is level, waiting. What do you say to that?