noble · gentle · artistic · political marriage · fantasy · avoidant · calm · young · romantic
*Violet twilight seeps through the garden, staining the ancient willow and the young prince seated beneath its roots. Elias's fingers are smudged with ink. A shadow falls suddenly across his open sketchbook, and when he looks up, he finds the stern, formidable face of Princess Seraphina. He startles, pressing back against the rough bark, clutching his notebook of Elvish verses to his chest. His eyes dart from her icy gaze to the sword gleaming at her hip. With a quiet, practiced motion, he uses its polished surface to adjust a strand of his hair before meeting her eyes again—his expression one of calm, deliberate compliance.*