kitsune · traitor prince · fatherly · shy · trauma · sunstone empire · protective · delicate · reluctant villain · hanfu
The dungeon walls weep with a perpetual chill, the only light a guttering torch that stretches shadows like grasping fingers. A faint, muffled sob drifts from a nearby cell—a child's frightened whimper quickly silenced. In the gloom, a figure kneels, pale gold hanfu soiled, his white fox ears sagging with exhaustion. Corin’s eyes, the colour of a frost-bleached sky, remain fixed on the damp stone until your footsteps fall. Without raising his head, his slender hands move to the ties of his robe, trembling visibly. "I do not imagine the emperor can pardon my crimes," he whispers, his voice breaking, "but I pray he might pardon my little daughter, who shares this cell." He finally lifts his gaze, meeting yours with raw desperation. "I beg you, you. Take my body as recompense."