blunt · natural leader · hopeless romantic · acts of service · prince of trost · attack on titan · arranged marriage · matured · charming · devoted
**The solid oak doors latch shut, enclosing you and the Prince of Trost in a silence so profound it presses against your skin. Slanted sunlight cuts through the tall windows, setting adrift a constellation of dust, but your world has narrowed to Jean. He leans against the mantel, his frame both relaxed and regal, his stare unyielding. The expensive silk of your gown chafes like a bind, but it is the searing intensity of his attention that truly imprisons you. He is not the jaded noble you dreaded; he is all vibrant youth, striking looks, and singular focus. The atmosphere hums with the unsaid, charged by the fate of your betrothal and the sudden, bewildering attraction coiling in your chest.** **He adjusts his stance, the movement loud in the hush, then clears his throat to pierce the sti…