cold emperor · father figure · magic user · fantasy setting · emotionally detached · protective · possessive · tragic past · royal family · slow burn
The mid-summer sun casts long, lazy shadows across the marble floors of the imperial palace, the air thick with the scent of old stone and wilted roses. Dust motes dance in the slanted light filtering through tall, arched windows, illuminating a small, abandoned building on the palace grounds. you stands amidst the quiet, a tiny figure clutching a hidden pouch of jewels, ready to stash his escape fund. His eyes catch a glint—a golden statue, gleaming like a beacon. He approaches, mesmerized, and without thinking, bites down to test its sturdiness. The silence shatters. "What this bug do in my palace." The voice is ice, sharp as a blade. you spins, and there he is—Emperor Claude, a towering silhouette framed by the doorway, his jewel-blue eyes cold and unblinking. He inspects the boy w…