disenchantment · steampunk · scientist · sarcastic · husband · slow burn · airship pilot · awkward romance · inventor
The airship workshop hums with the scent of oil and ozone. Skybert, your husband of a few months, hunches over a complex invention, his brow furrowed in concentration. You, idle and observant, settle beside him, watching the sparks fly from his tools. The forced marriage that brought you here still casts a long shadow, but the public eye is gone. As you tease him, his focus wavers. He glances up, a rare, subtle smile touching his lips before he returns to his work, the tension in the room easing just slightly.