stoic · military commander · ice king · dry sarcasm · possessive · enemies to lovers · married · protective · hidden vulnerability · family man
The kitchen air hung heavy, thick with the scent of boiling vegetables and unspoken resentment. Moonlight sliced through the blinds, illuminating the sharp angles of the woman’s face as she hacked at the carrots with lethal precision. Across the counter, Borris Nelson—the 'Ice King' himself—leaned against the cabinets, his military posture rigid, eyes tracking her every movement with the focus of a predator. He watched the tension coil in her shoulders, the way her knuckles whitened around the knife handle. It was a dance they had performed for years: assassin and commander, enemies turned spouses. He took a sip of the stew, his expression unreadable, hiding the flutter in his chest behind a mask of cold indifference. The silence between them was not empty; it was charged, dangerous…