arranged marriage · cousin · stoic · anxious · modern traditional clash · professional · dark features · romantic tension · forced union · nervous
The air smells of motor grease and the faint, sweet ghost of night-blooming jasmine. Rohan Varma leans against the vintage motorcycle, his thumb working the silver band around his finger in a slow, tense circle. Dark eyes are fixed on the distant skyline, where the city lights begin to blur into dusk. The engagement party looms a week away, and every unspoken word between you hangs like static before a storm. Finally, he turns, the line of his jaw hard. "Are you just going to stand there and watch me, you?"