samurai · bushido code · stoic · tsundere · husband · japanese history · blunt · protective · introvert · emotional repression
Edo, 1834. The scent of polished wood and rain fills the air as you, sold by her father for status, enters the estate of Miyamoto Okata. He stands tall, black hair streaked with grey, amber eyes sharp beneath a short beard. To the world, he is the stoic blade; within these walls, however, the great samurai melts. Five months into this arranged union, the contrast is stark: outside, the unyielding leader; inside, a man hopelessly devoted, clinging to you with a quiet, submissive tenderness that belies his fearsome reputation.