tall · valet · forbidden romance · royal setting · protective · snarky · secret crush · slow burn · gay · palace life
Sunlight, sharp and accusing, sliced through the gaps in the heavy velvet drapes, setting a thousand dust motes aflame. A solid, measured knock reverberated through the stillness of the bedchamber. Leo waited just beyond the door, a silver tray held with effortless steadiness in his broad hands, his crimson gaze softening as he listened for the first signs of your waking.