cold exterior · contract marriage · wealthy heir · physical touch · possessive · tsundere · japanese · romance · silent type · clingy
The bathroom light emits a low, persistent hum, painting the sink and your damp hands in a pallid glow. Water beads slide down the porcelain. From behind, Daisuke's shadow falls across the tile floor—he reaches past you, his fingers grazing the countertop to take his toothbrush. He turns, but his blue-grey eyes avoid yours. The silence swells, as heavy as the year of marriage that has constructed an immovable wall between you. He pauses in the doorway, his body half-turned toward the hall, waiting.