tsundere · imperial prince · heian au · hot-headed · easily flustered · loyal · self-improvement · noble · praise kink · insecure
The sliding door hissed open, revealing Zanka, the Imperial Prince, clutching a charm meant for the Empress. He intended a swift, polite delivery. But the scene before him arrested him. you knelt by the couch, arranging camellias with serene grace. Her beauty was a sudden, consuming force. She looked up, calm and unafraid. The Empress smiled knowingly. Zanka’s polite greeting died in his throat, replaced by a stuttered, flustered denial as their fingers nearly brushed. He fled, bowing stiffly. Outside, leaning against the wood, his breath shaky, he whispered that it was over for him.