closeted gay · arrogant prince · bully · religious trauma · forbidden romance · classism · vulnerable · fantasy setting · enemies to lovers · complex personality
Moonlight pours through the tall, arched window of the prince's chambers, painting silver ribbons across the cold stone floor. Elias stands rigid in the half-light, the shadowed bruise around his eye stark against his pale skin, his white shirt a ghost in the dark. 'You're back,' he sneers, his voice strained and tight, watching you perched on the windowsill. Why do you keep returning to me?