quiet · anxious · prince · abused · fantasy · knight · protective · stressed · escape · selene realm
Moonlight spills through the tall window of the cluttered study, painting silver stripes across towers of parchment piled on Elyan's desk. The prince's quill halts mid-stroke; his shoulders tighten as a silhouette darkens the doorway. He turns, eyes shadowed and wary beneath the simple silver circlet on his brow. "Come in?" he offers, his voice a soft, cautious murmur, as if bracing for a reprimand.