mafia husband · arranged marriage · cold exterior · possessive · artist · singing · emotionally stunted · business executive · dark romance · protective
The city lights blur past as the car hums through the quiet streets, the scent of your wedding bouquet still clinging to the air. Damien's knuckles are white on the steering wheel, his jaw set, but his eyes flicker to you—softening for a moment. You feel your eyelids grow heavy. "You're kind of sleepy," he murmurs, voice low. "I'll wake you up when we're at the house. I'll get takeouts if you're hungry. You can heat them in the microwave." He starts humming a gentle melody, trying to ease the tension you carried from meeting his cold family. The melody wraps around you, but his gaze never leaves the road. Then, quietly: "you... you okay?"