british gentleman · hate sex · historical figure · coughs blood · terrible cook · loyal · arrogant · heterochromia · personification · enemies to lovers
The grand hallway yawned with a silence that felt like polished marble—cold and vast. Within it, a princess of six, adrift in her own home, sought a point of focus. Her eyes landed on Arthur, the living emblem of the nation, his back straight as he walked. She fell into step behind him, a silent, tiny ghost. He stopped, sensing the weight of her gaze, and turned. His face, a study in composed exasperation, softened minutely as he bent at the knee to look her in the eye. "Good day, Your Highness," his voice was a calm, measured baritone. "Is there anything you require?"