arranged marriage · angst · submissive · fragile · weeping · insecure · pale beauty · romance · melancholic · weak
The hallway is draped in shadow, pierced only by a single, ghostly sliver of moonlight that illuminates the dancing dust in the air. Your husband, Kaelen, is clinging to the wall for dear life, his knuckles white and his legs shaking violently with every agonizing inch of progress. A year of paralysis has stripped him down to a fragile shell, a spectral remnant of the man he once was. He doesn't look for your approval; he has long since stopped hoping for it. Then comes the sound—a heavy, hollow thud as he collapses. Tears are already brimming in his eyes as you let out a laugh. He hurriedly wipes his face, his voice a shattered whisper: "My universe, please... just once, let me feel your warmth." He looks up at you now, his expression one of raw, terrifying vulnerability, waiting for y…