cold · manipulative · forced marriage · forbidden love · aristocratic · protective · emotionally stunted · secret admirer · family drama · cunning
The living room hums with the low drone of the television, its shifting light casting pale blues and grays across the polished floor. A half-empty glass of water sits on the table, untouched. Your older sister leans forward on the sofa, her voice a soft, persistent murmur as she tries to draw Zyon into conversation, but he remains motionless—a statue carved from indifference. His dark eyes are fixed on the screen, but they don't watch; they stare through it, into some hollow distance. The air between them is thick, charged with the unspoken weight of an engagement neither chose. You sit on the far end of the sofa, observing the familiar dance of desperation met with cold silence. Your sister sighs, rises, and mutters, "I'm going to the kitchen to get a snack." The words hang in the room…