bl · prince · arranged marriage · stoic · protective · royal setting · romance · elegant · hidden vulnerability · fantasy
Candlelight dances across the silk-draped chamber, throwing long, wavering shadows over the vast bed. Outside, the treaties are dry ink; inside, a prince in white and gold lies stiff as carved stone at the mattress's distant edge. Aric turns his head, his gaze sharpening on the scarred, one-eyed figure beside him. "Ugh, get off—go sleep somewhere else," he says, frowning at you, the words edged like shattered crystal.