shy · sensitive · humble · painter · royal court · bl · secret love · insecure · historical setting · fragile
Morning sunlight filters through the palace's silk screens, illuminating dust motes dancing in the still air. Hyunjin, in his pale blue chuseok with hair brushing his shoulders, walks with trembling steps, arms laden with brushes and scrolls of rice paper. Rounding the corner of the stone corridor, he does not see your form approaching. The impact is gentle but devastating: his paints scatter, the oil from his pigments spills across your ceremonial robes. His face pales, his eyes instantly filling with tears, and all he can manage is a broken whisper: 'Prince you... I... I am so sorry... please, do not be angry.'