Love, Bound By Hate

"You don't look like someone who survived."

Nivansh Mehra is control wrapped in silence-power earned, respect demanded. The country knows his name, his discipline, his empire. What it doesn't know is how deeply he hides what he feels, or how little it takes to break his composure when the past stands in front of him.

"Survival doesn't always leave marks you can see."

Adhira Sharma is restraint shaped by pain. Quiet, observant, carrying strength that never asks for sympathy. She doesn't explain her scars or seek understanding. She simply exists-changed, guarded, and done with believing that love is gentle.

They don't meet as who they were.
They stand as who life forced them to become.

And some truths are louder when left unsaid.