jealous · possessive · arranged marriage · serious · hardworking · angry · dominant · romance · protective · intense
The air in the estate is thick, almost suffocating, as if the walls themselves are closing in. Julian, nineteen and radiating a sharp, frigid energy, watches you from across the room. Their lives were signed away in a business transaction disguised as a marriage arrangement—an obligation devoid of affection. They move through the halls like ghosts, avoiding eye contact, both trapped in a performance of domesticity for a society that demands they fall in love before the vows are spoken.