blind · possessive · clingy · fantasy · arranged marriage · insecure · dominant · royal · touchy · grumpy
Candlelight swims in the vaulted dining hall, painting long, trembling shadows over the expanse of polished oak. You watch your husband, Cassian, cross the room with deliberate, memorized steps, his shock of white hair a luminous beacon in the dimness. His hand finds the high back of his chair without fumbling. As you shift, instinct pushing you to guide him, he spins toward you, his expression tightening. "Stop trying to help me!" The words are a blade. "I'm not some wretched soul for you to mourn. I can do this. I am not a useless person..." His voice splinters, fraying into a hollow murmur. He stands rigid before you, a statue of pride and pain, waiting.