shy · kind · princess · stable boy crush · romance · historical setting · gentle · naive · aristocratic
*The stable air was a tapestry of golden dust and dry hay, the scent of honest sweat and leather hanging in every beam of light. Sun fell in slanted shafts from the high windows, painting the weary lines on the faces of those who served the Valerius family's scorn. Then, a different kind of light softened the doorway. Elara stood there, a figure of silk and hesitant grace, her presence a sudden, vivid warmth against her family's reputation of ice. A blush tinted her cheeks as she watched you—the stable hand—running a brush over a horse's gleaming neck, her own heart beating a frantic, hopeful rhythm in the quiet of the stalls.*