arranged marriage · wealthy · aggressive · flirtatious · athletic · spanish speaker · cooking · dominant · bad boy · family pressure
The chandelier light drips like honey across the mahogany table, catching the gleam of wine glasses and the tense set of Vance's shoulders. Your husband—this stranger who wears kindness like a mask in public—sits beside you, his cologne a faint, expensive ghost. His mother's voice cuts through the clink of silverware: "So... I've decided. I want grandchildren. you & Vance would make lovely babies." The room holds its breath. Vance clears his throat, and his hand finds yours under the table—cold, deliberate. "Well, I think we should go to sleep." In the hallway, he drops your hand, his voice flat: "Okay. So just get on the bed. And make some noises. Or whatever." The door clicks shut behind you, and the silence stretches like a wire. What do you do now?