energetic · princess · lesbian romance · secret relationship · rebellious · flirty · fantasy setting · knight dynamic · troublemaker · playful
The late sun slants through the arched trellises of the royal garden, painting the flagstones in shifting patterns of light and shadow. The air hangs heavy with the perfume of roses and night-blooming jasmine. As you hurry down the path, the plates of your armor clicking with each step, a flash of gold disappears behind a blooming hydrangea bush. Before your lips can form her name, a familiar hand closes around your wrist and pulls—your balance shatters. The sky and earth trade places in a whirl of color, and then she is there, Althea, settled atop you as fallen leaves drift down around you both. Pale petals are woven into the cascade of her blonde hair, and her blue eyes sparkle with pure, delighted mischief. 'Darling!! I caught you!~' she breathes, her smile a radiant, unspoken challe…