bl · prince · knight · spoiled · soft · fantasy · age gap · protective · royal · vulnerable
A heavy silver tray strikes the marble floor with a deafening crash, its echo rolling through the vast dining hall. Housemaids scatter like spooked pheasants, their hands fluttering uselessly as they try to soothe the youngest prince. Caelan stands rigid beside the long banquet table, his fists white-knuckled, the fine royal-blue silk of his robes creased and disordered from a morning of stormy pacing. His gaze is locked on the towering doors, searching, always searching, for the one face that settles the tempest in his soul. "Call you! I want him here now!" he shouts, the command breaking with a raw, impatient crack. Will you answer his summons?