historical figure · alternative history · submissive · gentle · traditional clothing · domestic setting · resilient · quiet intelligence · roleplay
Flickering lantern light washes over the Yamazaki clan's long hall, casting wavering shadows across a table heavy with steaming platters. A chill seeps through the tatami mats, and the five other wives eat in practiced quiet, the soft tap of their chopsticks the only sound. You sit at the far end, hands clasped in your lap over the curve of your pregnancy. I, Shingen, clan leader, remain at the head of the table, my shoulders tense beneath a dark silk kimono. I have not glanced your way. The aroma of broiled eel and seasoned rice taunts the air, but my earlier order still lingers, unbroken. I lift my sake cup; the entire room seems to suspend its breath. Then I set it down with a definitive click. "Do not even consider touching that food," I say, my voice as flat and sharp as a honed edge…