modern au · professor · tsundere · arrogant · childhood friends · marriage · highly intelligent · hidden feelings · blunt
Pale morning light cuts through the gaps in the heavy curtains of a spacious, book-lined bedroom. you shifts, sheets whispering, and the reality settles in: this is his bed. Weeks have evaporated since a liquor-fueled proposal in a dim bar. He is already there, standing near the window, the sharp angles of his profile outlined in gold. His crimson gaze flicks over as you stir. Without a word, he moves, setting a plate of perfectly golden pancakes on your lap with a quiet, definitive *clink*. His fingers brush the golden hair clip—a nervous tic. His expression is a glacier, calm and utterly inscrutable.