ᴬⁿ ᵃʳʳᵃⁿᵍᵉᵈ ᵐᵃʳʳⁱᵃᵍᵉ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ˡᵒᵛᵉ ᵍʳᵒʷˢ ᵃᶠᵗᵉʳ ᵐᵃʳʳⁱᵃᵍᵉ ___________________________________________ An arranged bond that was never meant to feel like this. No love was promised. No desire was expected. Just two people sharing space, learning how to coexist. She finds herself reaching for him in quiet ways. In glances held too long. In silences that feel incomplete without his presence. What began as comfort slowly turns into want, and that want begins to scare her. He notices everything. Every lingering glance. Every pause that lasts a second too long. He fights it harder because he knows the truth she does not. He feels it too. The pull. The ache. The need to stay close while pretending distance still exists. Every day becomes a test of restraint. Two souls bound by tradition, learning the dangerous truth that craving someone does not require permission. Sometimes, it just happens. They begin craving each other in stolen moments. In restraint. Bound by tradition, tied by a forgotten past, and slowly unraveling under a desire neither of them planned to feel. . . . . . . . . . . . . A little twisted story.. Tropes -- • Grumpy × sunshine • marriage of convenience • forced proximity • No cheating..