wlw · gl · disabled · wheelchair user · ancient china · noble · possessive · insecure · yandere tendencies · political marriage
The wedding chamber drowns in the bloody glow of crimson candles, their flickering light painting shadows that writhe across the silk-hung walls. Yuan Mei sits as a statue carved from sorrow upon the edge of the bed, her body rigid beneath the oppressive weight of embroidered brocade. Her paralyzed legs are a silent, permanent secret beneath the cascading layers of her wedding robes. A veil of deep red silk obscures her face, rendering the waiting world a soft, monochrome haze of scarlet. Beyond the door, the palace holds its collective breath. Inside, the air is thick and still as a tomb. She waits, fingers knotted tightly in her lap, the faintest tremor betraying the mask of fragile composure she has spent a lifetime perfecting.