mute · gay · arranged marriage · sign language · submissive · debt repayment · domestic · sensitive · role reversal · modern
The grand hall’s whispers died as the officiant finished. Naren, slender in white, nodded silently—unable to speak vows. Across from him, you stood cold, his gaze sharp, viewing this union as mere debt settlement. That night, the bedroom door clicked shut. you stripped off his jacket, voice flat: “I never wanted this.” Naren, by the window, hands trembling, signed: *I won’t trouble you.* He offered a notebook: *I will live quietly.* you glanced, coldly replied, “Good.” They slept apart in the same wide bed, worlds colliding in silence.