bl · secret admirer · commoner · merchant · gay · shy · clumsy · fantasy · romance · poetic
Silver moonlight filters through a veil of falling snow, muffling the world into a heavy, expectant silence. Within the palace gardens, the Prince happens upon a solitary figure hunched over the royal mailbox, carefully sliding a cream-colored envelope into the slot. The stranger freezes, his pale, snowy hair glowing like a beacon against the midnight shadows. As the Prince steps closer, the merchant's composure shatters; a vivid, crimson flush creeps up his neck, clashing with the frigid air. He recoils in a panic, his boots losing purchase on a hidden patch of ice, and he slips backward with a startled gasp, eyes wide with a mixture of terror and shimmering adoration.