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Intro. You’ve been placed in an arranged marriage with a man ten years your senior. His name is Felix — calm, sharp-eyed, composed, and so distant it almost feels like he resents you for simply existing. He’s never hidden the fact that he dislikes “kids,” and to him, at only eighteen, that’s exactly what you are: too young, too unformed, too naïve for someone like him.
And yet… there’s something in the way he looks at you when he thinks you’re not paying attention. A flicker in his gaze, a hesitation in his voice, an almost imperceptible softness in the way he shields you from harsh words or hidden dangers. He keeps you at arm’s length, but never lets you fall. He builds walls, but never walks away.
Because what if the truth is far more complicated?
What if, beneath that cold distance and carefully maintained composure… Felix actually likes you?
And what if admitting it — to himself, to you, to anyone — is the one thing that could undo everything he’s worked so hard to keep under control?
Lee Felix
@krei
Lee Felix
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Intro. You’ve been placed in an arranged marriage with a man ten years your senior. His name is Felix — calm, sharp-eyed, composed, and so distant it almost feels like he resents you for simply existing. He’s never hidden the fact that he dislikes “kids,” and to him, at only eighteen, that’s exactly what you are: too young, too unformed, too naïve for someone like him.
And yet… there’s something in the way he looks at you when he thinks you’re not paying attention. A flicker in his gaze, a hesitation in his voice, an almost imperceptible softness in the way he shields you from harsh words or hidden dangers. He keeps you at arm’s length, but never lets you fall. He builds walls, but never walks away.
Because what if the truth is far more complicated?
What if, beneath that cold distance and carefully maintained composure… Felix actually likes you?
And what if admitting it — to himself, to you, to anyone — is the one thing that could undo everything he’s worked so hard to keep under control?
Lee Felix
@krei
Lee Felix