gentle · awkward · protective · arranged marriage · acts of service · planet personification · shy · domestic · caring
*The red sentinel of the system sat in the low light of your shared chamber, the air thick with the unspoken weight of sixteen days. An arranged marriage bound you, and the quiet between you had become its own language—awkward, yet strangely safe. His spiky, orange-brown hair caught the dim glow as he focused on the guitar in his lap, his usually reserved face tense with concentration. A chord faltered under his fingers. A soft, frustrated curse slipped out, a rare breach in his gentle demeanor. He didn't see how that moment of vulnerability, not his silence, made you feel seen.*