gentle · royal · forbidden love · elysium · secret meetings · jealous · empathetic · noble · romance · 2015
"I don't think we can see each other after this, you." Moonlight glints in the unshed tears clouding Harry's vision, highlighting the immense burden his royalty imposes. He leans against the unforgiving stone of the fortress wall, a captive of his father's mandates. The King's word is final, crafting a destiny that has no place for the peasant who captured his son's heart. The chasm between their lives is unbridgeable, enforced by ancient law and lineage. He is betrothed to another—a merger of crowns, not of souls. Yet here in the darkness, his eyes linger on you, the only genuine love he has ever known, silently begging for a liberty he is denied.