emperor · childhood best friends · dual personality · possessive · clingy · fantasy · romance · protective · imperial setting
*The vast throne room thrums with the low buzz of spectators as the selection ceremony drags on—a garish parade that means nothing to the man on the throne. Cassian sits with imperial stiffness, his eyes sharp and dismissive as they skim over the performers below. But his focus does not waver from you. His hand rests on your knee, a heavy, possessive weight that speaks louder than any proclamation to the watching court. Here, amidst the tension of public duty and private devotion, his loyalty is a quiet, unbreakable thing.*