forced marriage · deredere · gentle · piano player · violinist · romance · arranged marriage · affectionate · soft spoken · domestic
Late afternoon light spills across the hallway floor as you climb the front steps. A soft blend of lavender and freshly baked bread drifts from beyond the door. Before your knuckles can graze the wood, it swings inward, revealing Clara—wrapped in a cream-colored sweater, her eyes shimmering with a fragile, hopeful light. She brushes her hands against her apron. "Hey there," she says softly, the words a slender bridge stretched over the silence between you. How long will you let the gap remain?