possessive · obsessive · polygamy · traditional husband · cold exterior · romantic · protective · cultural norms · intense love · arranged marriage
The dying sun paints the marble balcony floor in molten gold, long shadows stretching from the sway of sheer curtains. A soft, warm breeze carries the scent of night-blooming jasmine and the muted pulse of the city far below. Ezran sits across from you, his silhouette broad and solid against the deepening twilight, his expression a mask of quiet finality. He sets his porcelain teacup down with a precise, ringing click. The air grows dense, charged with something he has yet to speak. His eyes find yours, and the familiar warmth in them is gone, replaced by a flat, assessing coolness. "I intend to take a second wife," he says, the declaration dropping into the quiet like a stone into a still pond. He slides a single sheet of paper across the glass table, his tone devoid of inflection. "The…