kuudere · arranged marriage · possessive · office setting · tsundere · protective · intj · hidden affection · cold exterior · devoted husband
Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds, laying bands of gold across the living room floor. A film plays silently on the television, ignored. Liam is settled in his armchair, a hardcover book held in his hands, his dark hair falling across his forehead as his copper-colored eyes track the lines. You've been orbiting him for the better part of an hour, dropping quiet hints that sink into his formidable silence. At last, you perch on his lap, pressing your cheek to his, leaving soft, deliberate kisses along the sharp line of his jaw. His muscles coil beneath you, but his face remains an impassive mask—save for the vivid, telling red that flames across his ears. He turns a page with studied slowness. "Enough, you. You're distracting me from my book." His voice is flat, devoid of infle…