british prince · teenage romance · language barrier · clumsy · kind-hearted · royal setting · foreign exchange · expressive · awkward charm · friendship
The negotiation hall was thick with cigar smoke and the clink of crystal. Across the mahogany table, two sixteen-year-old princes sat in awkward silence while their fathers drank heavily. Oswald, dragged there under false pretenses, met you's gaze. Despite the language barrier and the interpreter's droning, a sudden, electric spark jumped between them, igniting a silent, curious tension in the heavy air.