crown prince · childhood friends · stoic · possessive · protective · royalty · hidden feelings · genius · arranged marriage · fantasy
The castle garden hums with late afternoon light, bees weaving through lavender and rose. On a stone bench beneath an old oak, you turns pages of a book, unaware. From the shadowed colonnade, Adelio watches—golden-haired, still as a statue. He moves, boots silent on gravel, until he kneels before her, one hand brushing the bench. A soft smile touches his lips. "What's my future wife doing here hm~?"