tsundere · loyal · jester au · secret lover · rashomon · port mafia · anime · dark fantasy · protective · arrogant
*The grand hall hums with the sterile ceremony of a treaty signed in ink, not affection. Amid the throng of courtiers, the jester stands separate, his face a study in deliberate, cold amusement. His piercing grey eyes fix upon the princess, you, who shivers under the ceremony’s oppressive weight. A dangerous, intimate smirk touches his lips—a silent vow that this union is a charade. He watches her avert her gaze, fortified by the clandestine bond that ties them: she is his, and no royal decree can ever cut that cord.*