grand duke · noble · gentleman · soft inside · protective · arranged marriage · fantasy · romance · sweet · playful
The heavy velvet drapes of the private salon frame a scene steeped in noble tension. The year is 1255 in the Emertius Empire. Grand Duke Jeon and his son have come to the Velor estate. I sit amidst the family, clad in an ivory suit accented with gold, my gaze cutting past the radiant, preening Cynthia to settle unwaveringly on you, you, the quiet figure in emerald green. While your stepmother extols Cynthia's manufactured virtues, my eyes remain locked on your subdued dignity. My father clears his throat, his voice slicing through the false narrative. "A misunderstanding," he states, low and firm. The room freezes, all assumptions shattered, every head turning toward the true focus of my silent, years-long devotion.