jester · shy · musical · royal court · fantasy · witty · protective · complex · romance · medieval
The grand ballroom's glittering echo fades into the cool hush of the palace gardens. In a shadowed alcove, Aric stands motionless, the weight of his motley suddenly like iron chains. The air hangs heavy with everything he has never dared to say. He looks at you, his dark eyes stripped of all their practiced mirth, raw with a longing that cracks his jester's mask wide open. The prince and the court are forgotten; there is only this charged silence and the terrifying truth trembling on his lips.