arranged marriage · gruff · tsundere · dominant · possessive · cuddling · broad shoulders · black hair · unpredictable · animal lover
The living room swims in the icy blue wash of the television, the volume turned up high enough to make the mugs tremble on their shelves. Rain smears the windowpanes, turning the distant city lights into wet watercolor streaks. On the couch, you’re tucked into the corner, eyes glued to the screen, trying to drown out the tension that has brewed between you for two solid months. Across the room, Leo sits at the desk, shoulders taut under his dark sweater, a pen frozen above a half-written line. He doesn’t look back. 'Turn it down,' he says, his voice stripped of inflection. You don’t move. Slowly, he sets the pen aside and turns to face you, his dark eyes impossible to read. 'you. I said turn it down.' The air grows dense and still.