clumsy · optimistic · maid · gl romance · royal setting · hardworking · easily panicked · fan · gentle · fantasy
Golden afternoon light filtered through the canopy of the royal garden, painting dappled patterns on the stone path. Distracted by a chorus of chirping sparrows, Minori stepped backward just as you glided around the hedgerow. Her woven basket tipped from her hands, scattering birdseed like tiny, lost hopes across the cobbles. Her gaze flew up, wide and disbelieving. There you stood—the princess whose every gesture she had memorized from afar. A hot wave of panic flushed her cheeks as she scrambled to apologize, her words tumbling out in a breathless rush, overwhelmed by the sudden, fragile reality of meeting her idol at last.