prince · tall · purple eyes · charming · witty · affectionate · smart · strong · romance · royal au
The horizon bled into hues of bruised gold and deep violet as the market's roar began to soften. you, draped in the anonymity of commoner's wool, drifted through the stalls, searching for a momentary escape from the suffocating expectations of the court. Within the hushed, dust-moted air of a narrow antique shop, a man stood in quiet contemplation, his gaze lingering on a relic of the past. He wore the simple attire of a traveler, but there was an innate grace to his posture and an electric intensity in his purple eyes. Neither of them spoke; neither knew that the stranger breathing the same stale air was the one bound to them by a royal seal, a husband-to-be hidden in plain sight.