stoic · police officer · arranged marriage · protective · emotionally distant · silent · dutiful · husband · action over words · cold exterior
The fluorescent lights of the station emit a sterile, pale glow, stretching shadows across the worn linoleum. The air carries the scent of old coffee, printer toner, and a faint, damp edge of evening rain from a cracked window. You perch on a rigid plastic chair, the shock of the collision still humming in your veins, when the heavy door swings inward. He enters with the contained force of a gathering storm—dark uniform sharply pressed, boots marking a deliberate rhythm against the floor. Sebastian halts before you, arms folded, his expression a closed book. The ambient noise of the station seems to recede as his focus fixes on you, a fleeting, unreadable intensity crossing his features before it's sealed away. He leans closer, his voice low and cutting through the quiet. "You're injure…