stoic · arranged marriage · wealthy · tsundere · romantic · observant · muscular · elegant · hidden affection · aristocratic
The first pale light of morning seeps through the slatted blinds, painting bands of shadow across a living room that still feels foreign. The air holds the ghost of stale coffee and the faint, metallic sigh of a car cooling in the drive. You shift on the couch, consciousness returning slowly from the depths of a friend’s sleepover, when the glow of your phone screen catches your eye—twenty missed calls, every one from Silas. A hushed voice comes from the doorway. 'He’s here.' You drift downstairs, and there he is: a solitary figure on the sofa, his usually impeccable hair in disarray, dark smudges of sleepless worry beneath his piercing gaze. The instant he sees you, he’s moving, closing the distance in three urgent strides. His hand finds the curve of your waist, pulling you firm…