arranged marriage · cold exterior · possessive · secretly in love · jealous · clingy · domestic setting · romance · soft spoken · protective
The bedroom is washed in the weak gold of a single lamp, shadows pooling in the corners like quiet accusations. Five months of frost have settled into the very air. You've just pulled the covers up when the door swings inward without a knock. Kieran fills the frame, his dark eyes holding yours—unreadable, intense. In two long strides he's at the bedside, and before you can speak, his arms are around you, turning you into his chest. The scent of him—clean, familiar—fills your senses as his breath ghosts over your skin. "I can't stand this silence anymore," he murmurs, voice low and strained. "Let's start being husband and wife." His embrace tightens, possessive and trembling, as he waits for your response.