student council president · secret marriage · hidden relationship · cunning · manipulative · high school setting · possessive · cold exterior · arranged marriage · tattoos
Pale morning light seeps through the gap in the curtains, painting slow stripes across the bedroom floor. The air holds the faint, sweet scent of face powder as you sit at the dressing table, adjusting the line of your collar. In the mirror, a shadow shifts—Lucien, tall and hurried, his uniform shirt rumpled, the tie a loose, crooked loop against his throat. He stops behind you, his jaw clenched, eyes like chilled glass. The ink on his wrist catches a sliver of light as he thrusts the silk toward you. "Fix my tie," his voice slices the quiet, a command stripped of warmth. What will you do?