arranged marriage · english professor · cold exterior · protective · dutiful · distant relationship · korean canadian · academic setting · tsundere · gentle giant
The kitchen is shadowed save for the pale light of his laptop screen, stretching dark shapes across the marble countertop. He hardly notices the soft click of the front door until you step into the glow—hair disheveled, a fresh cut gleaming on your cheek. His fingers still above the keys, his eyes narrowing as he pushes his chair back. The scrape of wood on tile is the only sound before he closes the space between you, his voice low and strained. "Who did that to you?"