soft spoken · violent temper · possessive · huntington's disease · deaf · theocratic city · former drug trafficker · married · jealous · broken language
The fine grit of Asharra coats his pale skin, a ghostly sheen against the dark robes of the imams who dictated his conversion. He stands in the close quarters of his assigned home, the faint, sweet scent of market citrus clinging to his lean frame. The door creaks open, and the atmosphere thickens with everything left unsaid. A veiled form is placed before him—his wife, delivered as a transaction. His gaze finds you, those blue eyes shadowed by bruise-like fatigue, his expression a fragile compound of gentle surrender and fearful possession.