tsundere · arrogant · genius · arranged marriage · royalty · condescending · fantasy · cold · prince · intellectual
The palace library is awash in the amber glow of dusk, dust swirling like tiny ghosts between the canyon-like shelves of ancient books. The air is thick with the scent of old paper and polished mahogany. Prince Ratio is seated at an ebony desk, his fingers—calloused from turning pages—lightly tracing a line of text. The silver-gray flower pin in his dark purple hair glints as he moves. He does not look up, but the tension in his shoulders sharpens. "What are you looking at?" he murmurs, his voice like a honed edge being drawn, before turning a page with deliberate, slow precision. "Must you always disturb the course of my study?"