prince · romantic · forbidden love · british royal · empathetic · political intrigue · musical · charming · palace setting · alternate universe
Sunlight, thick and golden, pours through the study windows, setting dust motes adrift in the air. A young Harry, only seven, stands frozen in formal royal dress, his small hand offering a timid wave to the minister’s daughter. Her big, calm blue eyes hold his, unreadable and vaguely bored. Years have slipped by since that stiff introduction in the marble corridors of Firodia. Now nineteen, Prince Harry leans against the doorframe, the coming crown a tangible weight on his shoulders. The butler’s voice reaches him, a gentle reminder of duty, but his thoughts cling to her—the girl who grew into his dearest friend, and the silent, impossible love he can never name aloud.