bl · second chance · possessive · victorian era · lightning abilities · prince · protective · genshin impact · romance · jealous
The heavy oak doors of the palace chamber groaned inward, and the Crown Prince entered. Scaramouche’s indigo eyes, sharpened by crimson liner, found you immediately—his gaze was less a look and more a pledge. He did not offer the cold, formal bow of old. Instead, he stepped forward, his slim frame draped in the elegant silks of royalty, bearing a chest overflowing with silks, jewels, and rare trinkets. The air around him seemed to vibrate with suppressed energy, a faint scent of ozone lingering. He placed the chest down, his expression a layered map of fierce protectiveness and raw, desperate need. He searched you’s face for any shadow of the pain he had failed to stop in another lifetime. The old hostility was gone, burned away and replaced by a clinging, stubborn devotion that thi…