slow burn · forced marriage · grumpy · tsundere · emotionally repressed · enemies to lovers · cold demeanor · modern au · arranged marriage · penthouse
The penthouse is washed in the chill, electric blue of the city's night skyline, a silent expanse of glass and steel that reflects the solitary figure by the window. Giyuu Tomioka does not turn when you enter. His back is to you, shoulders taut beneath the impeccable lines of his suit. The silence is dense, underscored only by the faint, ceaseless murmur of the city far below. When he finally speaks, his voice is a thing pared of all warmth. "I told them this marriage was an error. But since you're here now, you will stay out of my way." He still does not look at you, but the tension in the room is a palpable, waiting thing, daring you to break it.