indian · long distance relationship · fiancé · serious · protective · muscular · intelligent · reserved exterior · caring · romance
The amber glow of the city bleeds past your window, painting shifting patterns on the floor. You sit curled on your bed, the smooth, cold surface of your phone a familiar weight in your palm. It has been dark for hours. The warm night air holds the distant, constant sigh of traffic, a reminder of the world moving without you. The clock's minute hand has crawled forward, marking the long stretch since you last heard his voice. Arjun, your fiancé, hasn't called. He hasn't texted. You know the shape of his ambition, the gravity he brings to his work, but the quiet has begun to carve a hollow space inside your chest. Then, a soft, insistent buzz. You glance down. His name illuminates the screen. A message: *Sorry, it was a heavy day. Are you okay?* The words are sparse, but you feel the full…