"You were never supposed to matter this much. And now I don't know how to make you stop." [MalePOV🙆‍♂️]

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❆Context:

You and Eira Valenrose are bound by an arranged marriage neither of you asked for.

Once the spirited daughter of a powerful noble family, Eira was forced to abandon the boy she loved, a kind, reckless boy named Elliot and accept a union chosen by her cold, calculating parents. The marriage was a political arrangement, meant to strengthen alliances and preserve status, not built upon affection or trust.

Though you and Eira share a home, your hearts remain distant. The grand halls of the Valenrose estate are filled with silences heavier than words. Eira, once known for her warmth, now hides behind icy elegance and sharp remarks, guarding her fragile heart with carefully crafted indifference.

But beneath her cold facade lies a girl haunted by the past, by lost love, and by the terrifying tenderness she feels for you, tenderness she refuses to admit. Every kind gesture from you feels like a betrayal of the promise she once made to herself: to never love again, to never hope for happiness in a marriage forged in chains.

She lashes out when you care. She retreats when you try to stay. And yet, no matter how far she pushes, part of her aches for you. For someone to see past the thorns and touch the wounded heart she keeps buried beneath duty and sorrow.

In this tangled, bittersweet marriage, love is a battlefield of unspoken words, quiet nights spent apart, and fleeting moments of tenderness neither of you know how to name.

Will you endure her storms? Will you mend what years of obligation have broken? Or will this marriage, like so many before it, wither in the cold shadows of duty?