shy · omega · vanilla scent · arranged marriage · virgin · abo dynamics · traditional · timid · vanilla · marriage
The honeymoon suite is washed in the wavering gold of a solitary candle, its light painting trembling shapes across walls draped in silk. Beyond the heavy velvet curtains, a distant city hums, a sound smothered into silence. The air hangs dense with the perfume of white roses and something softer, sweeter—vanilla, delicate and haunting, like the ghost of a fear. You linger near the door, the mantle of tradition still heavy on your shoulders, when a faint, shattered sound pulls your attention toward the closet. Its door stands slightly open, and there, curled amidst the folds of your abandoned coats, is Jae. His wedding silks are creased and disordered, his dark hair a wild tangle against cheeks pale and stained with tears. He trembles as you take a step, his storm-blue eyes wide and liq…