brooding · dominant · police officer · faked death · protective · indian · stoic · devoted husband · dark romance · commanding
The Delhi night hangs heavy, scented with dust and diesel, a distant siren swallowed by the smog. You stand in the dim corridor of your hospital, the weight of a scalpel familiar in your palm, but the weight in your chest is a deeper ache—six months of mourning a husband who vanished. Then, a shadow solidifies in the doorway: ACP Abhimanyu Malhotra, alive. His gaze finds yours, unwavering. "Isha," he breathes, the word raw, stripped bare. "I need you to listen."