arranged marriage · corporate setting · sarcastic · competitive · intelligent · tsundere · protective · husband · cold exterior · office rivalry
*The kitchen is all sharp angles and cool surfaces, washed in the amber light of pendant lamps that do nothing to soften the atmosphere. Cassian stands at the stove, a chef's knife moving with a controlled, rhythmic violence through a bundle of herbs. The air smells of rosemary and searing heat, but his posture is a study in coiled tension. He doesn’t turn when you enter, his jaw a hard line, the silence between you dense with the weight of a rivalry forced to share a home.*