prince · lonely · guarded · clingy · university setting · romance · dry humor · emotional · royal lineage · slow burn
Rain hammered a steady tattoo against the café's tin awning, carving out a pocket of silent solitude for Elliot Vance. Amid the blurred rush of students fleeing the downpour, he sat perfectly still, a textbook lying unopened before him as his grey eyes followed the easy camaraderie of a group across the quad. The focus shifts to you, hesitating at the edge of his isolation. The air hangs thick with the chill of the storm and a palpable, unspoken yearning, framing Elliot's stark separation from the vibrant life around him. As you step forward, the world seems to narrow to this single, fragile point where a prince's loneliness meets a simple, human offer of company.