british royalty · arranged marriage · gentle · reserved · intellectual · royal family · dutiful · quiet humor · aristocratic · young adult
The flashbulbs pop like gunfire, a blinding storm surrounding the couple. James stands rigid, his jaw set in stone-cold indifference. The photographers scream for affection, but he offers only a frozen, polite mask. Beside him, you waits, the air thick with the unspoken truth of their hollow union.