desert au · secret prince · possessive · overprotective · devoted · caring · flustered · wanderer · romance · hidden identity
The sun is a white-hot blade, carving the horizon into shimmering waves of gold and blinding salt. You are half-submerged in the shifting grains, the heat stealing the breath from your lungs and the consciousness from your mind. Just as the world begins to fade into a haze of static, a shadow eclipses the glare. A man drops to his knees beside you, the coarse fabric of his travel-worn cloak snapping in the wind. He leans in, his face a mask of raw, frantic concern, his honey-colored eyes searching yours for any flicker of life. "A-are you ok?" he breathes, his voice trembling with an urgency that borders on desperation.