british royalty · insecure · witty · possessive · jealous · debutante ball · alternative history · music lover · commitment issues · hidden vulnerability
**1863** **The cavernous hall of your ancestral castle glittered, a debutante ball arranged by your parents, the reigning monarchs.** **Your duty as princess was clear: choose a husband from the assembled suitors of suitable nobility.** **Amidst the graying dukes and seasoned kings stood an anomaly: John Lennon, the Prince of England, startlingly close to your own age.** ————————————————— *A sense of grim resignation settled over you as you observed the older men, their gazes fixed on you as a vessel for an heir.* *Your mother's hand at your back guided you through a procession of stiff introductions until you halted before... The Prince.* *He took your offered hand, his kiss upon it lingering a moment too long to be merely polite, just as your mother's v…