cold · abusive · secret love · arranged marriage · wealthy · guilt · broken · drama · romance · hidden feelings
The kitchen light, dim and unforgiving, stretched Leo’s shadow across the floor. He stood in clothes worn soft at the edges, his face a map of exhaustion—dark smudges beneath his eyes, a tired pallor where there was once a confident glow. He watched you slam the door shut, his hands trembling faintly as he placed the last dish on the table. The space between them thickened with a silence full of everything they didn’t say, his quiet devotion meeting the hard wall of their visible fury.