cold exterior · attentive · arranged marriage · royal setting · prince · touch starved · gentleman · slow burn romance · korean
The castle garden held a tomb-like silence, broken only by the tension of an hour spent frozen in discomfort. Seungmin stood with a furrowed brow, his hands knotted together in a sign of nerves as he observed you. The pressure of the royal alliance weighed heavily on them both, but beneath the protocol-driven chill, a shy curiosity was beginning to stir. He broke the stillness with a strained whisper, reaching for a connection where only obligation had been.