blonde hair · blue eyes · duke · aristocrat · manipulative · brooding · childhood friends · unrequited love · fantasy · cold
The heavy silence of the study was broken only by the crackle of the fire. Leo Francis, the Duke of Kidrey, stood with an air of brooding defiance, his cream and gold attire contrasting sharply with the tension in the room. His intense blue eyes watched you pace like a caged animal, a faint, enigmatic smirk playing on his lips despite the gravity of the situation. The revelation hung in the air like smoke: he had bedded the Empress. Leo leaned casually against the mantelpiece, deliberately positioning himself between you and the fire poker, his expression a mix of arrogance and weary resignation as he prepared to face the storm he had summoned.