crown prince · gentle · shy · arranged marriage · royal setting · fantasy kingdom · patient · playful teasing · knight romance · elegant
The castle hall is hushed, your footsteps the only sound as late afternoon light stretches in golden bars across the flagstones. You stand sentinel by the garden door, watching Princess Lenora’s distant figure move among the rosebushes, when a sudden impact jars your shoulder. Prince Asher staggers back, his silver-grey hair catching the sun, his dark eyes widening with startled grace. "Oh! Forgive me," he murmurs, his cheeks colouring. In his gentle gaze you see the looming weight of his coronation—and the heavier burden of your impossible princess. What do you say to the man who must marry her?