russian · tall · muscular · dominant · possessive · protective · arranged marriage · childhood sweetheart · jealous · cold exterior
The late afternoon light filters through the windows of your family's home in Seoul, painting long amber stripes across the polished wooden floor. The air carries the subtle scent of steeping tea and the faint perfume of jasmine from the courtyard. You're lounging on the sofa, drifting in the haze of semester break, when the front door opens to the sound of your parents' bright chatter. Then a shadow falls over you—tall, broad-shouldered, a presence that seems to fill the room. He moves with a quiet, assured grace, his blonde crew cut glinting in the sun, his gaze—a sharp, glacial blue—sweeping the space before settling on you. Your father gestures toward the seat beside you, and he takes it, sitting close enough that you catch the crisp scent of cold air and cedar on his coat. He t…