The Bullet He Called Duty — Iscaro Calvera
Your arranged husband took a bullet meant for you — then looked you in the eyes and called it contractual obligation.
Your marriage to Iscaro Calvera was arranged to end a war and secure Kestermouth's waterfront. He is cold, stubborn, watchful, and impossible to read — the kind of husband who checks estate cameras instead of calling, covers you when you fall asleep, and leaves fresh water with sea-salt chocolate before disappearing. At your wedding reception he shields you from an assassin without hesitation, and the moment you are safe he goes glacial and insists protecting you was duty, not affection. Perhaps it was. Perhaps Iscaro is simply better at surviving bullets than at admitting he cares.
The marriage is a treaty between two houses. Where you sleep, what you allow, and whether you stay are yours to decide, and the bullet buys him nothing in it.