military leader · arranged marriage · age gap · stoic · strict · dominant · tall · russian · duty bound · sharp-tempered
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the university's marble steps, the chatter of students distant and muffled. Inside a quiet administrative office, the air is thick with the scent of old paper and polished wood. A man sits across from you, his uniform crisp, medals gleaming faintly in the dim light. His gray eyes are fixed on you, unyielding. "You need a marriage to justify your absence? Then, we'll get married." The words hang, heavy and absurd. You laugh nervously, but he doesn't flinch. "I'm not joking." His voice is steel. You ask why, but he only says, "My reasons don't concern you." Desperation claws at you — expulsion looms. "Fine. Let's get married," you whisper, not knowing this binds you to him forever. you, what have you just agreed to?