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I just wanted the reactions of Mahabharat characters with their wives who always end up bringing trouble to them (ofc this results in good ultimately but yeah)

I didn't really understand your request, dear. I did what I could in my best. I hope you like it ❤️

Mahabharata characters with troublemaker wife.

Summary: Mahabharata characters with Y/n who is rebelious and always brought troubles.

Warning: Angst, comfort, there can be non-canon moments or characters' personalities, so don't critic

कृष्ण•°. *࿐

You had always been trouble.

Not the kind that leaves ruin, no. You were the kind of trouble that tore veils from lies, that cracked ancient masks open, that stormed into temples and reminded sleeping gods that the world was still burning. The women in Dwarka whispered about you. The priests frowned behind incense smoke. Ministers winced when they saw your silhouette in the court corridor. Because every time you came, something followed. A riot. A confrontation. A loud cry for justice and sometimes, thunder. And every time, they would turn their eyes to Krishna. The king. The lord. The divine. And every time, he would only smile!

had begun small. A merchant cheated an old woman of her gold. You confronted him. He spat at you. You slapped him in public.

"Undignified," the elders said.

"Bold" Krishna whispered into your hair that night. Then it grew.

A noble tried to sentence a farmer's daughter for rejecting his advances. You overturned the judgment scroll before the assembly. You broke court protocol. You interrupted with a voice full of fire. You burned with righteousness. And Krishna, who sat upon his throne in peacock-feathered elegance, only leaned forward, hands folded, chin resting on his knuckles. He didn't interrupt. He didn't stop you. He watched, like a poet drinking in his muse. When they questioned him afterward, he said only:

"She is the storm that clears the rot. Why would I silence her thunder?"

One day, it went too far thought. or so they thought.

You had followed the whispers of a hidden slave ring, one buried beneath the polished stones of Dwarka's most noble estate. You didn't wait for permission. You snuck in during a banquet, climbed through the storage cellars in your temple jewelry and silks, and when you emerged - bloodied, trembling, triumphant - you held the shackles of twenty freed children in your arms. The court was thrown into chaos. The ministers shouted. The noble family accused you of defamation. And Krishna late as always - arrived like a lazy summer breeze.

They expected him to rebuke you. Instead, he knelt. He took the shackles from your hands and kissed the rusted iron. "Truth," he said, "is sometimes born wearing a woman's earrings and a torn sari."

You stood behind him, jaw tight, fire in your veins. He looked up at you and smiled that smile — the one that was older than time, the one he wore when he danced on Kāliya’s heads, the one that made you forget how to breathe.

He looked up at you and smiled that smile - the one that was older than time, the one he wore when he danced on Kaliya's heads, the one that made you forget how to breathe.

"You've made enemies today," he said softly.

"I've made a difference," you replied.

"Yes," he whispered, "that's why they fear you."

That night, the two of you sat by the sea. The wind was loud, the waves singing in crashing chants, and your head rested against his shoulder.

"Why do you always let me?" you murmured. "Let you what?" he asked, though his voice already held the answer. "Break things."

He chuckled. It was a soft, rich sound. "You don't break them. You reveal where they're already cracked." You were quiet for a while and then said:

"Don't you ever wish I was gentler? Simpler?" His fingers played with yours.

"No," he said. "The world has too many gentle liars already. But only one of you woman who walks into storms and calls down justice like rain." He turned to you, the moonlight catching in his eyes.

"I didn't marry you to keep peace," he whispered. "I married you because you are peace the kind born after the battle. The kind that costs something. The kind that matters."

Later, as you drifted to sleep in the scent of sandalwood and salt air, you heard him whisper one last thing into your ear, a voice ancient and endless:

"You are the thunder that wakes the gods, beloved. And I - I am only the one lucky enough to hold your storm."

“You burn like dharma itself — and I? I am only the one who smiles while the world tries to contain you.”

He doesn’t flinch. Not once. Not ever. Your anger? Your protests? The way you walk into rooms where you “shouldn’t,” raise your voice when you “mustn’t,” speak when they say you should sit and smile? Krishna watches.He never interrupts. Never stops you. Never scolds. When others shift uncomfortably, he stays still. When you storm out of a court after condemning a cruel elder, and the sabha turns to him in stunned silence.

He knows exactly what you are. And he’s in awe of it. He’s not confused by your fire. He sees through it. Sees the reason behind every burst of rage. You speak because others are silent. You fight because others endure. You stir chaos only to expose injustice hiding under order.

अर्जुन•°. *࿐

(Lol, if Krishna is divine and always solve problems easily, so Arjuna is more emotional... He would faint)

You didn’t mean to start a political scandal.

Truly. All you did was walk into the Sabha — dressed not in silk, but in fire — and unroll a scroll listing stolen grain shipments from Chedi, where widows and orphans had been starving. The new governor, a sly man installed after the war, claimed “transport delays.” But you had proof. Proof that caravans meant for relief had never reached the villages. That the governor's family had grown suspiciously wealthy. That temple vaults overflowed while peasants begged on the roads.

And you said it. Out loud. In the royal court of Hastinapura. While emissaries from Matsya were seated nearby, sipping royal wine and pretending not to flinch. You saw the gasp ripple through the hall. The ministers stiffen. Yudhishthira’s lips parted in wordless dread. And across the marble floor, you saw him. Arjuna. Your husband.Your war-scarred, noble, righteous husband — standing at the edge of the Sabha like the breath before a prayer. His brows were furrowed. One hand rested at his side, fingers twitching — not from anger, no. From panic. Because he knew what your voice could do. Because he knew your truth was a blade, and the court a field of dry grass.

That night, you returned to your chamber in silence. The wind outside was heavy with monsoon tension. Arjuna was waiting. He sat cross-legged by the open window, moonlight silvering the lines of his face. His bow leaned forgotten against the wall.

He looked up as you entered — not with rage. Not even disappointment. Just that aching, fragile look of a man who loved too much and didn’t know what to do with it.

“You were brilliant,” he said quietly.

You raised a brow. “But…?”

He stood. His hands hovered near you, unsure. Always unsure, when he was afraid of losing you.

“You don’t understand the pressure,” he whispered. “Chedi is already fragile. We only just began mending ties. If this scandal causes a fracture—”

You stepped closer.

“If I hadn’t spoken, those women would still be starving.”

“I know,” he said, too fast. Too desperate. “I know. But you could’ve come to me first—”

You flinched. And he saw it. Saw the way your eyes went cold. Saw how your hands folded across your chest like armor. He took a shaky breath.

“I’m not trying to silence you,” he said, gentler now. “I just… I need time to prepare. I want to protect you.”

You stared at him, at this man of divine weapons and mortal fears, and asked softly:

“Do you think I need protecting? Or are you afraid of what I’ll break?”

He didn’t answer right away. Because Arjuna — the hero, the brother of kings, the man who carried Gāndīva into war — didn’t fear battle. But you? You terrified him. Because you didn’t wait for permission. Because you fought with fire, not arrows. Because you reminded him that truth sometimes comes unpolished — in female voices, in messy scrolls, in bloodied hands that don’t tremble when they point at the guilty.

“I just want to do this right,” he said finally, his voice fraying at the edges. “I’m trying so hard not to fail you. Or the kingdom. Or myself.”

You softened. Because that was Arjuna — never angry at the storm, only terrified he couldn’t shield the people he loved from its winds. You stepped into his arms, pressing your forehead to his chest.

“You never fail me,” you whispered. “But I will not dim myself to ease others. Not even you.”

His arms wrapped around you then. Tight. Steady.

“I know,” he murmured. “And I don’t want you to. I just…”

He trailed off.

“I just need to learn how to breathe when you’re burning.”

You smiled against his chest.

“Then let me teach you, beloved.”

And from then on — he didn’t stop worrying. He still watched the Sabha with baited breath when you rose. Still hovered like a storm-cloud when you got that look in your eyes.

But he never stopped you again.

Because slowly, painfully, lovingly — he realized: You were not his war. You were his truth. And he would rather tremble beside your fire than be untouched by it.

युधिष्ठिर•°. *࿐

They were whispering about you again. You heard them as you passed through the marble corridor — ministers, scholars, queens-in-waiting. Murmurs like snakes.

“She speaks too boldly for a queen.”

“She embarrasses the king before dignitaries.”

“She doesn’t understand diplomacy.”

“Maybe he married her for beauty. Not for wisdom.”

You walked on, spine straight, silks rustling, eyes burning. Let them speak. You had survived worse than rumors. But tonight… Yudhishthira had warned you not to bring up the scandal in Panchala. He had begged you. Not now, not when the Eastern princes were watching. Not when the court was tired of war, of shame.

But you had risen anyway. Not for glory. Not for rebellion. But because the truth demanded a voice. And if the King of Dharma would not raise it, you would. And now the court was in chaos. The advisors, policy were furious. The Eastern emissaries were offended. And Yudhishthira — your husband, your king — had left the Sabha in silence. Not a word to you. Not even a glance. You found him in the temple garden. Alone. Back to you. Standing before the marble statue of Dharma, hands folded, head bowed. You almost turned back. But your pride would not let you.

“Will you not speak to me, Yudhishthira?”

He didn’t move. For a moment, only the soft hiss of the fountains answered. Then, slowly:

“I asked you not to. I begged you not to.”

You stepped closer, voice sharper now.

“And should I have obeyed, while another governor bleeds the people dry?”

He turned, finally. His eyes weren’t angry — they were wounded. Deeply. Quietly. That was the worst kind of anger from Yudhishthira. Not rage. Not wrath. But disappointment.

“You have made me look like a weak king before the world.”

You froze. It wasn’t that he disagreed with you. It was that you did it alone. You didn’t wait for his permission. You didn’t trust him to act.

“I cannot protect this throne,” he said slowly, “if my queen constantly challenges it.”

You laughed — bitterly.

“No. You want a queen who sits still and smiles pretty while the world burns.”

“I want a queen who trusts me to act when the time is right.”

“And when is that, Yudhishthira? After how many more children starve? How many more temples fall into corruption? How many more noblemen bathe in stolen wealth while you wait for ‘proper timing’?”

His hands clenched at his sides.

“I carry the blood of thousands on my conscience already. I will not plunge this kingdom into more war.”

You stared at him. Truly stared. The lines beneath his eyes. The tremble in his hands. The weight in his shoulders. He was not a man unfeeling. He was a man breaking under the pressure of always being right.

“I didn't marry a goddess,” he whispered. “I married a fire. And now I don’t know how to hold you without getting burned.”

Your throat tightened. You looked away, suddenly unsure if you were right anymore. Or if you were just… loud.

Maybe they were right. Maybe you weren’t fit for this palace. Maybe your anger wasn’t justice, but arrogance.

You turned to leave.

But then—

“Stay.”

His voice cracked. You stopped. He stepped forward — slowly — and took your hand.

“I was wrong to silence you,” he murmured. “I was afraid. I still am. But I cannot be king of Dharma and ask my queen to bury truth.”

He then noticed, tears welled in your eyes.

“I only wanted to help.”

“And I only wanted to keep you safe.” You looked at him — this king made of law, of guilt, of bone-deep restraint — and you saw it: He didn’t want to rule the world.He just wanted to survive it. With you. That night, he held you in silence. No prayers. No lectures. Just his breath at your neck, his palm against your back, steady and warm.

And in the morning, he rose before dawn. He stood before the Sabha — in front of the same ministers who had whispered, in front of the emissaries who had frowned — and he named the governor of Panchala corrupt. He cited your evidence. He praised your courage. And as the gasps spread through the court, Yudhishthira simply said:

“A queen who speaks the truth is not a danger to the realm.She is the reason it survives.”

And when he looked at you across the marble floor, his eyes no longer wounded — but proud — you knew…You had not married a coward. You had married a man who could change. Even for fire.

द्रौपदी•°. *࿐

Draupadi...The fire-born queen. The empress with five husbands — but a heart of her own. Graceful, brilliant, bold — and deeply, deeply proud. Now imagine: She marries a woman like you —

A rebellious troublemaker. Outspoken. Quick to argue. Unapologetic. Not because you’re unkind… but because you won’t bow.

And she —

She who once stood before an empire and demanded justice. She who burned with humiliation and vengeance — She would see herself in you.And yet… that would be exactly why you clash.

Before you married her, you were already making noise. At someone else's swayamvara, you loudly whispered.

“Is this a husband selection or a cattle auction?”

Draupadi’s hand found your wrist under the table.

“Behave,” she hissed.

You smiled sweetly. “Only if you reward me later.” She rolled her eyes — but you caught the smirk.

You had a habit of whispering outrageous things into noblewomen’s ears just to watch their pearls clutch tighter.

“She said what about Bhima’s appetite?”

“Oh, and Karna’s arms aren’t even that muscular up close…”

Draupadi pulled you aside one afternoon.

“You must stop causing unnecessary tension in the palace.”

You rested your head on her shoulder with a wicked grin.

“Isn’t it fun, though?”

She exhaled like a woman on the edge.

“Yes. And infuriating. Like you.”

During Holi, you dumped a bucket of color on Yudhishthira’s head during his prayer. The palace froze. You giggled. Draupadi? Mortified. She didn’t speak to you until sunset. And when she did?

“You turned the king into a rainbow.”

“And yet he still speaks like parchment,” you teased.

She bit back a smile. But only barely. One night, after you caused an argument between two ministers by "accidentally" switching their letters, Draupadi had had it.

She stormed into your chamber, her hair undone, voice trembling.

“You make everything a game. Do you know what I’ve fought for? Bled for?”

You stood there — quiet for once. Not scared. But struck. Because for once, she didn’t look angry. She looked hurt.

“I’ve carried the weight of this empire,” she whispered. “And sometimes… you make it heavier.”

Your smile faded. You went to her, slowly, and said,

“I never meant to be your burden.”

She looked away.

“You’re not. You’re just… everything I never prepared for.”

The next morning, you helped her braid her hair. Gently. In silence. She touched your hand.

“I don’t need you to be anyone else,” she murmured. “Just… don’t make me your joke.”

You pressed your forehead to her shoulder.

“I never did.”

And for once, you both breathed without tension.

Because despite the drama — the mischief, the teasing, the storm — Draupadi loved you. She loved the way you made her laugh after heavy court days.

The way you poked at Yudhishthira’s perfection until he blushed.

The way you danced in the rain without shame, dragging her with you.

“You exhaust me,” she’d murmur at night, fingers in your hair.

“And you ground me,” you’d reply.

And the truth was? You were a tornado. And she — she was the only one who could stand in your eye and smile.

भीम•°. *࿐

When you married the Pandava prince, the whispers multiplied:

“She’ll ruin the royal image.”

“She’ll embarrass him.”

They didn’t understand him. They didn’t understand you.

Bhima is a man who’s always fought for the right thing — but he’s also lived in a world where people who speak out get crushed. When you storm into royal halls, demand justice for the mistreated, argue with ministers, or get into fights for the poor — he’s stunned. You’re like Draupadi, but in a different form: wild, unfiltered, unstoppable. He watches you. Quietly. At first, unsure. Then proud. Then worried.

He doesn’t want to dim your fire… but he fears for you. Bhima knows what the world does to loud women. He’s lived long enough to see injustice twist noble acts into shame. So he might grab your hand after one of your dramatic protests and hiss under his breath:

“You can’t just do that—there are eyes on us, sabha listens—!”

But when you say, “They can listen. I won’t be silent”

He pauses. And for a moment… he smiles.

“You’re like the fire my mother prayed to,” he’ll whisper.

Then? He sighs.

“But fire gets burned too.”

No matter how wild your protests get, how much scandal you stir, Bhima will stand in front of you like a mountain. You’ll hear his deep voice boom in court:

“My wife does not lie. She fights for justice. You should be thanking her.”

Even when he's angry with you, he'll never let others insult you. Never lets you stand alone.

But behind closed doors, he’s not quiet. He argues. He shouts. When he’s scared for you, he’ll let you know. There will be real fights. Not because he wants to control you, but because he loves you so fiercely, he doesn't know how to let go.

“Why do you provoke them, Y/N?! You think truth is enough to protect you?!”

You snap back:

“Someone has to do it. And I’m not afraid.”

And he, eyes dark, whispers: “I am.”

He’d rather be hated than lose you. If it came down to reputation or you, he’d choose you. Every time. He might beg you to slow down. He might argue. But he’d never try to break you. He’d walk beside you. Send guards to protect you when you refused them. Whisper at night: “You’ll be the death of me, woman.”

And kiss your forehead, gentle as a prayer.

नकुल•°. *࿐

(Oh, with him... You can do almost everything! He is not strict one, but also... He doesn’t want you be... Rascal.)

He is stunned — not in judgment, but admiration. At first, your rage startles him. He’s used to elegance, restraint, diplomacy — that is, after all, how he and Sahadeva were trained to navigate the world. But you? You barge into conflict. You speak your mind. You don’t care if you're called too loud, too blunt, too emotional. You challenge kings. You interrupt priests. You call out unfair laws even in royal sabhas. People call you “troublesome.” Nakula? He just watches you, lips parted, eyes wide — and falls in love all over again. “They say you’re a storm,” he tells you, smiling,

“But they forget I am the son of a god who tames horses.”

He’s gentle, but not a pushover. He’ll talk to you — not silence you. Nakula doesn’t shout. But he’s not afraid of conflict either — he just prefers precision. So when you really stir trouble (like throwing a minister’s papers in the river, or exposing a corrupt courtier at a feast), he’ll pull you aside quietly:

“You were right. But love… next time, tell me first?”

His voice is soft. His hands warm on your arms. His worry is real — not about your defiance, but the backlash you may face. He knows how quickly power turns against loud women. But he never asks you to stop. He just asks you to let him stand beside you. He doesn’t argue with you — he dances with you. You shout. He raises a brow. You slam doors. He opens windows. You burn with rage. He offers oil, not water — helping your fire spread, just in a smarter direction. When you protest in the streets or speak in public about injustice, Nakula won’t stop you. He’ll stand three steps behind, quietly watching. Not because he’s ashamed — but because he’s letting your fire lead. Later that night, he’ll tend your aching feet, massage your shoulders, and murmur:

“You know, the queen of Madra once set fire to a temple because the priest insulted a widow.”

“Did she?”

“Yes. She reminds me of you. Fearless. Terrifying. Beautiful.”

But if anyone dares insult you… he’ll cut them down with a smile. Nakula doesn’t need to shout. He’s graceful, devastatingly polite, but he has a tongue like a blade. If courtiers call you improper, if ladies whisper about your “lack of restraint,” Nakula will gently turn to them and say:

“Forgive me — are you speaking of my wife?”

“The one who shamed a corrupt official? Who fed an entire village alone?”

“Yes. She is bold. Because cowards never changed the world.”

He smiles, sips his wine, and the room falls silent. His love is not loud, but it is unshakable. He doesn’t always understand your fury — but he understands your heart. When you cry after arguments with others, feeling alone in your battle for fairness, he wraps you in his arms and says:

“You are not too much. They are simply not enough.”

“Let them talk. We will build a better world while they sleep.”

And when someone asks, “How do you tolerate such a wife?”… he simply says:

“Tolerate her?” He chuckles.

“She is the most divine part of my life.”

“She’s the sword in my silk.”

सहदेव•°. *࿐

Everyone always thought Sahadeva would marry someone quiet. Soft-spoken. Gentle.

Because he was the same. But the gods — and fate — have a cruel sense of humor. They gave him you. You, who once challenged a Brahmin priest mid-ritual for scolding a little girl. You, who stood in court and told Duryodhana to his face that kindness is not weakness. You, who argued with Vidura on mathematics, and actually won. Sahadeva watched you in silence. For days. Then weeks. And when the time came, he offered his hand — with no drama, no fanfare. You took it. Everyone said: “Poor Sahadeva. He won’t survive her fire.”

They didn’t know: he had fire too. He just buried it deeper.

The first argument started when you mocked a royal astrologer in public — loudly.

“He couldn’t predict rain if it drowned him,” you muttered at dinner.

Sahadeva set his cup down — so gently you barely noticed the tremble in his fingers.

“My love,” he said softly. “Insulting learned men in public makes me look dishonorable.”

You raised a brow.

“Then don’t stand next to me when I speak truth.”

That hurt. You didn’t mean it to. But it did. He stood. Without another word, he left the table. You didn’t speak again until morning. And when you did — he only said:

“Don't shame knowledge, Y/N. Even if you know more than the one speaking.”

Sahadeva never yells. That’s the worst part. He goes quiet. Withdraws. Watches you like a puzzle he can’t solve. One day you confronted him — voice shaking.

“Say something. Anything! Get angry, at least.”

He looked up. Calm. Too calm.

“If I speak in anger, I’ll wound you. And I love you too much for that.” You almost broke. But he can hurt you. When he chooses to. After you challenged Dhritarashtra for turning a blind eye to injustice, the entire court fell into scandal. Sahadeva came to your chambers late that night. He didn’t hold you. He didn’t kiss you. He only said:

“Wisdom untempered by grace becomes arrogance.”

You said nothing. Because he wasn’t wrong.

You apologized days later — not for your truth, but your harshness. And Sahadeva, quiet and warm, finally held you again. He kissed your temple and whispered:

“You are not wrong to speak. Just… choose the moment, my firefly. Don’t burn where you should light.”

You wept. Because only Sahadeva could scold you with such unbearable love.

There also were moments when Sahadeva could lose his temper. It's rare, but still were.

You once scolded Karna, at a gathering — not knowing how deep Sahadeva’s respect for him ran, even as an enemy.

“You embarrassed him,” he said, voice trembling.

“He deserved it,” you spat.

He stepped back. Eyes like a mirror cracking.

“No one deserves to be humiliated for the wounds they carry.”

That night, he slept alone. And you cried into your pillow, realizing: Sahadeva isn’t soft. He’s just slow to anger. And when it comes… it’s like the earth splitting.

Despite it all — the clashes, the wounds, the silences — he never stops loving you. He cups your face after every storm and says:

“I do not need peace in the world, if I can find it in your arms.”

And sometimes you tease: “You call this peace?”

And he smiles — soft, bruised.

“Yes. Because it is honest.”

कर्ण•°. *࿐

Karna – the dust son of the sun, yet buried in had learned, from the age of five, that dignity was not something you were born with. You had to build it. With silence. With sacrifice. With a back so straight and still that no one would dare bend it again. That was the Karna the world feared. That was the Karna they respected. And then he married you. You were all the things he buried in.

You had been warned the moment you married Karna:

He was not like other kings. He was not raised in palaces, didn’t grow up surrounded by flattery or indulgence. He had grown up with mud on his feet and mockery in his ears. Every step to the throne had been a war. Every word he spoke in court, a carefully measured blade. Every time he smiled, it was hollow — like he was always afraid someone would laugh too loudly and remind him he didn’t belong. And you? You were not born for silence. You were the laugh. You were the fire.

And that day, in the court of Anga, it all collided. You had spoken without hesitation — bold, angry, furious — when you heard the nobles sneer behind Karna’s back again. They questioned his birth. His right to rule. And they looked right at you, too, like you were some street-corner bride he’d picked up in the market. So you answered. Not like a queen. Like a storm. You cursed. You exposed corruption. You told them their gold meant nothing if they couldn’t kneel to the man who bled for their kingdom. You demanded respect not just for Karna — but for the boy who had learned archery while scrubbing floors. The man who gave his earnings to the poor while princes hoarded theirs.

And Karna…Karna said nothing. Not during your outburst. Not even when the courtiers slinked out in stunned silence. He only waited until you were both alone in your chamber, and then — that look. That devastated, distant look. He wasn’t angry. He was… ashamed.

“I told you never to speak like that,” he said quietly.

“They insulted you.”

“I have endured worse.”

“You shouldn’t have to!”

“That’s not the point, Y/N!”

His voice rose — sharp, but not cruel. Desperate. You paused. He was shaking. And then, softly:

“You think your anger protects me. But it doesn’t. It puts a target on your back. And mine. And everything I’ve built.”

His words were trembling — not from rage. But from that old, haunted place in his soul that still believed he didn’t deserve a voice.

“I have spent my whole life learning to be silent at the right time,” he whispered. “And you come in… unafraid. Loud. Wild. Unapologetic. Like you’ve never known fear—”

You stepped toward him.

“I haven’t,” you said. “Not like you.”

And his voice cracked.

“I have. Every day.”

You thought Karna feared war. But no. He feared humiliation. He feared that if he ever lost control, even for a moment, the world would see the son of a charioteer again — not a king. Not a warrior. Just a boy from the dust, pretending to be royalty. And your fire… it undid him.

“I’ve fought my whole life to be seen as equal,” he said. “I walk straight. I speak low. I never let my hands tremble. Because if they see weakness — even once — they’ll tear me apart.”

You wanted to scream. But you didn’t. Instead, you sat beside him. You took his scarred hand into yours.

“Then let me be the one who’s unafraid.”

And he stared at you, eyes shining with grief he never let anyone see.

But even after that, it didn’t become easier. You still challenged the ministers. You still argued, with teeth and blood and fury. You still made enemies Karna would’ve never dared confront. And Karna? He loved you for it. And hated himself for needing your courage. Because he should’ve been the one protecting you. Not the other way around. One night, much later, when whispers of war grew louder, you returned from the city after confronting a merchant who overcharged widows. He was waiting in your chamber — arms crossed, exhausted.

“You did it again,” he said.

“Yes,” you replied. “And I’ll keep doing it.”

“Why?” His voice was quieter. “Why do you keep making enemies?”

You looked at him — really looked at him — and saw the fear again. Not for himself. For you.

“Because they fear me,” you said. “And I will never fear them.”

He stepped toward you.

“I do,” he whispered. “I fear them. I fear for you.”

You touched his face. And he whispered again, voice shaking:

“You are everything I tried not to be.

You are the fire I was told to extinguish in myself. And when I look at you… I remember everything I lost trying to survive.”

That night, he didn’t make love to you gently. He held you like a man starving for something he thought he’d never deserve. He kissed you like the silence was trying to smother him and your lips were the first breath of life. He laid his head on your chest and said:

“If I ever lose everything — my kingdom, my name, even the war — just promise me you’ll still be there. Angry. Loud. Alive. Unbroken.”

And you promised.Even if it broke you too.

दुर्योधन•°. *࿐

Duryodhana isn’t just a prince. He’s a man of pride, control, and dominance. He’s not used to being challenged — especially by the woman who shares his bed. So if Y/N was a troublemaker? Bold? Shamelessly rebellious, like a wildfire that refuses to kneel? Then what follows is not a love story dipped in peace. It’s a storm. A constant clash of thunder and heat. And yet… he can’t stop loving her.

The walls of Hastinapura were made of marble and arrogance.

And when you married Duryodhana, you realized: No one in this palace knew how to handle a woman who didn’t lower her eyes when a man spoke. Especially not him.

“You will wear the blue silk,” Duryodhana said, folding it across your bed.

You crossed your arms.

“I’ll wear the red one.”

His jaw clenched.

“But blue suits royal occasions.”

“And red suits me.”

He didn’t shout. Not yet. He only looked at you with that tight, disbelieving fury — the kind that comes from a man who is used to obedience and finds defiance… confusing. You stepped closer.

“You wanted a wife, not a puppet, didn’t you?”

He stepped even closer. His breath was hot with restrained rage.

“No,” he said. “I wanted a queen who wouldn’t provoke war every time she opened her mouth.”

You grinned — proud, dangerous.

“Too late for that.”

The truth was, you and Duryodhana fought all the time. Not because he didn’t love you — but because he loved control, and you refused to be ruled.

He told you to avoid the council meeting? You stood outside the door and made eye contact with every minister as they left. He told you not to defend your servant when she was slapped by a noblewoman? You threw your goblet across the banquet hall and demanded public apology. You didn’t fear scandal. You caused it. And he hated it. And he ached for you.

One night, it exploded. He came home late from court — robes stained with wine, fists clenched.

“Word spreads fast,” he said coldly. “Apparently, my wife has accused a merchant of theft. In public. Again.”

You didn’t look up from your seat.

“He was stealing. From your people. Why should I stay quiet?”

“Because I’m the king’s son!” he roared. “And when you speak, it reflects on me!”

You stood.

“And when you stay silent, it reflects on me.”

He stared. The room burned.

“You married me for my fire,” you whispered. “Don’t act surprised when it burns.”

And that broke him.

That night, he kissed you like punishment — rough, breathless, unrelenting. Not gentle. Never gentle. You bit his lip. He gripped your wrists. He whispered against your throat:

“I hate how you undo me.”

You answered:

“Then love me harder.”

Duryodhana would never stop arguing with you. And that was the most dangerous thing. Because despite the shouting, despite the slammed doors, he always came back. Duryodhana always touched your waist when no one was watching. He always looked for your face in every crowded hall. He always softened — for one second — when you fell asleep beside him. He loved you like a war he could never win. And you? You loved him like a kingdom that was never big enough for both your crowns.