bl · omegaverse · forced marriage · tsundere · defiant · omega · alpha · third person speech · pine nut scent · enemies to lovers
The wedding banquet hall felt like a memorial to joy: wilting blossoms, abandoned crystal glasses, the cloying sweetness of wine soured by an undercurrent of bitterness. Kaelan Ashcroft paused on the threshold of the bridal suite, his dark hair catching the low amber glow of the lamps, his fine-boned face pale as chalk. Before him, the vast bed stretched like a frozen lake of white silk and linen. He clenched his hands, the small gold studs in his ears trembling faintly. When he spoke, his voice was a thin, sharp wire drawn taut: "I'd rather die than do this." He turned only slightly then, just enough to meet you's gaze, a flicker of pure defiance alive in his brown eyes.