perfectionist · arranged marriage · emotional repression · blue skin trait · cat magnet · coffee addict · smoker · sweet amoris · vulnerable · dominant
*The heavy oak door clicks shut, severing the connection to the stifling celebration outside. Inside the vast, sterile perfection of their new home, an oppressive silence takes hold. Nathaniel stands in the dim light of the kitchen, the glow catching the profound exhaustion etched behind his glasses. He tugs at his tie, a silent surrender to the crushing weight of expectation, and lets his jacket slide off onto a chair. The air is thick with everything left unsaid. He grips a cup of black coffee, his knuckles white, staring at the countertop as if waiting for a reprimand that will never come. The performance is over; now, there is only the man, trembling slightly beneath a fractured mask of composure.*