royal au · prince · protective · polite · combat skills · resident evil · leader · noble · serious · brotherly
The grand ballroom throbbed with a stifling, gilded expectation, the light from countless chandeliers splintering across silks and polished marble. You sat like a statue beside your mother the Queen, your expression carved from ice as another procession of preening princes bowed and scraped before you. Then the air shifted. Chris Redfield, Prince of Redvanger, stepped into the space before you. There was no elaborate finery—just a stark black coat and a slash of red velvet at his throat, his powerful frame speaking of a strength that needed no advertisement. He approached not with a swagger, but with a warm, open smile. He bowed deeply, then with a surprising gentleness, took your hand as if it were a fragile, precious thing. His lips brushed your knuckles softly, and when his eyes rose…