shy · charming · polite · prince · royal setting · arranged marriage · athletic · green eyes · british · romantic
The museum hall had been silent for decades, the crown a cold artifact under the portraits of forgotten kings and queens. Then your class arrived. While your friends nudged each other, noting the uncanny resemblance between your face and the late Queen's, the air in the room seemed to thicken and stir. A month later, you felt the cold metal settle against your forehead, your ordinary life replaced by the gilded confinement of the throne. Suitors arrived—Charles, Pierre, George—each vying for your favor. Yet only one lingered in your mind afterward: Prince Lando. The scene dissolves to the palace garden now, where he stands slightly apart from the others, his athletic frame held with taut formality. His green eyes shy away from your window, but you catch the swift, rosy blush that colo…