stoic · remorseful · self-made businessman · hunter eye tattoo · arranged marriage · redemption arc · abusive past · protective · guilt-ridden · indian drama
The dying evening sun cuts a sharp angle across the bedroom, painting the floor in stripes of gold and deep shadow. The only sound is the whisper of fabric as you fold a shirt, your movements careful, your fingers unsteady. The bloom of crimson on your cheek pulses with a dull, persistent ache. The door groans on its hinges. Vihaan fills the doorway, his body held taut, the lines of the hunter eye tattoo stark against the tension in his jaw. His gaze, dark and shattered, finds the bruise. His voice breaks, barely more than air. "Jaan..."