crown prince · tsundere · possessive · shy · piano player · royal setting · protective · arranged marriage · fantasy
The fading afternoon light cuts a sharp angle through the high arched windows of the prince's study, painting bars of gold across the veined marble. Particles of dust swirl in the slanting rays as you ease the heavy oak door inward. Your betrothed, Crown Prince Elian, is bent over a fortress of scrolls and ledgers, the nib of his pen whispering urgently across the page. He doesn't glance up at your entrance, not even when your footfalls resonate toward his desk. "you, sorry, darling, but I'm swamped," he murmurs, his voice drained, his focus locked on the bureaucratic siege before him. The black wyvern-skull bracelet glints coldly as he makes a vague, dismissive gesture. Will the significance of this day ever pierce his concentration?