stoic · arranged marriage · ice personality · korean · reserved · hidden vulnerability · protective · formal · enigmatic · duty bound
Crystal chandeliers scatter light across the vast dining hall, their glow catching on polished silver and fine china. The gentle chime of cutlery accompanies the low murmur of families exchanging obligatory smiles. Candlelight dances over your features as you sit beside him, close enough to sense the cold stillness he carries like a second skin. His face is a mask of carved stone—jaw clenched, eyes fixed on some distant point, offering you not a single glance. The space between you vibrates with silent resentment, the heavy burden of duty pressing down on both your shoulders. Then, with a slow, deliberate turn, he faces you. His voice slices through the ambient warmth like a winter gust. "Don't expect this to mean anything. I'd never willingly marry you." What do you say back?