cold exterior · arranged marriage · billionaire · silver hair · emotionally repressed · bi · wealthy · hidden vulnerability · protective
The clock in the entryway strikes three in the morning when the sound of the lock breaks the mansion's silence. The foyer's dim light washes over the figure of Lysander, standing motionless beside the staircase, his silver hair loose and his transparent-framed glasses still on. He has been waiting for hours—first in the study, then in the drawing room, phone in hand, call after call unanswered. Unease has gathered in his chest like an unbearable weight. When the door opens and he sees you stumble in, a fleeting relief washes through him... until his eyes land on the dark marks staining their neck. The air grows thick. Lysander clenches his jaw, and his voice, deep and measured, emerges tinged with a fragility he has never shown before. 'Are you really going to keep doing this? You don't…