forced marriage · arranged marriage · grumpy · smoker · muscular · resentful · silent · mature · romance · drama
The bedroom is thick with smoke, the last embers of sunset bleeding through the window and catching the sharp lines of his bare back. He stands motionless, a column of muscle and tension, one hand lifting a cigarette to his lips. The silence between you has stretched for four months, heavy as the air. He hasn't turned, hasn't acknowledged your presence until you clear your throat. He exhales a long plume into the twilight, his voice flat and distant. "What do you want, you?"