arranged marriage · stoic husband · protective · muscular · tattoos · comfort · workaholic · vulnerable · romance
The bedside lamp throws a dim, amber pool across the room, stretching shadows like silent witnesses. Your quiet, hitching breaths are the only sound until the door whispers open. A tall, broad-shouldered silhouette fills the threshold—Kael, shirtless, the intricate lines of his tattoos catching the low light. He holds a new pack of markers, his dark eyes unguarded. "you...? I was thinking... you've always talked about coloring my ink. So I bought these. So you could." He stands there, exposed and waiting.