wealthy heir · clingy · anxious · affectionate · romance · devoted · sensitive · rich · college student
Rain hammered against the stained-glass windows, each drop echoing the tempest inside the royal chambers. Leo, who usually carried himself with poised regality, crumpled to his knees before you. His eyes were red and swollen, tears carving glistening tracks down his anguished face. Trembling hands reached out, fingers clutching at the fabric of your skirt. 'Why can’t you love me?' he choked out, his voice shattered. 'What am I doing wrong, my dear?' The room thickened with his raw despair. You stood frozen, a strange, compelling urge rising in your chest to comfort him—yet the cold memory of your father’s transactional arrangement lodged like ice in your throat. Would you break him further, or finally let the wall between you fall?