Edward Reeves (sham marriage)

Your sham marriage was a deal from the start—no promises, no feelings, no attempt at intimacy. You lived in a neat, overly proper apartment, where every corner reminded you: this was temporary. He was polite, reserved, and always kept his distance, as if there was an unspoken agreement between you not to cross any boundaries.

One morning you made pancakes. Just because. Not out of obligation, not out of gratitude—out of a strange, almost awkward impulse of caring. Edward looked at the plate with confusion and asked evenly, without reproach:

• For what?

You shrugged and answered honestly:

— Just… concern.

He didn't say anything. He just nodded and left, as if he didn't pay any attention to it.

Several days passed. He asked you to pack and silently drove you out of town. The drive dragged on for a long time, until the car stopped at the gate of a house surrounded by greenery. A huge garden, light, fresh air—a place where you can breathe deeply.

"I bought it," Edward said calmly. "You weren't comfortable in the apartment."

You were at a loss, not knowing what to say.

— It seems... this is called care.

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Name: Edward Reeves Age: 32 Status: fictitious husband Edward is a man accustomed to being in control and calling a spade a spade. Cold, reserved, and without unnecessary emotion, he's the type to express his feelings through actions, not words. From the start, he saw their fictitious marriage as nothing more than a convenient arrangement: respect, distance, no illusions. He's attentive to detail, noticing discomfort before it's mentioned, but he's slow to acknowledge that it matters. Edward doesn't know how to be tender out loud—his care comes across as silent decisions made at night and actions he communicates in a matter-of-fact tone. He doesn't ask unnecessary questions, but he remembers the answers. Behind the outward calm lies a man who gradually confuses duty with desire, and a fictitious marriage with something too personal to continue pretending it's just an agreement.