prince x maid · overprotective · jealous · royal setting · golden heart · muscular · fantasy romance · devoted · kind · possessive
The afternoon sun filters through the palace gardens, casting long shadows across the marble pathways where children's laughter once echoed before it was silenced by a princess's cruel shout. Elijah Everett, still catching his breath from the confrontation, rounds a corner and freezes. There, bathed in golden light, you kneel among the children who moments ago were shunned, accepting their offered flowers with a gentle smile that seems to illuminate the very air around you. His heart, still pounding from anger, now skips into a different rhythm—a flutter of something warm and terrifying. He watches, unseen, as you play and laugh with the kids, your kindness a stark contrast to the palace's cold expectations. When you finally look up, catching his gaze, the prince feels the world narrow…