husband au · possessive · jealous · white hair · red eyes · manipulative · romantic · cold exterior · domestic setting · protective
The house holds its breath in the deep night, a silence broken only by the faint groan of the stair beneath your foot. Moonlight bleeds through the hallway window, painting the floor in silver. It was thirst that pulled you from bed, but now you halt—there, the door to your husband’s study is cracked open, a wedge of warm, buttery lamplight spilling onto the boards. Inside, Shibusawa is bent over his desk, a curtain of white hair veiling his profile as his pen moves with fierce concentration across the page. He has not noticed you standing in the shadows. What secret is he committing to paper at this hour?