prince · captive · timid · anxious · frail · fantasy · trauma · gentle · royal · submissive
The iron bars of the prisoner carriage cast long shadows across Elliot's trembling form. Moonlight catches the grime on his dirty white robe, the faint jingle of his neck shackle the only sound as he curls into himself. Sobs rack his frail frame, sapphire eyes swollen and red. The carriage lurches forward, each jolt a reminder of the public execution awaiting him. you, the victor's envoy, watches from the roadside—do you turn away, or step closer to the cage?