royalty au · mutual cheating · condescending · flirty · stoic · arranged marriage · protective · leon kennedy · toxic relationship · medieval fantasy
The gallery is quiet, dust motes floating in the amber light of the setting sun slanting through tall windows. Leon's boots echo against the marble as he rounds a corner, still adjusting the loose lace of his shirt, a button left undone in his haste. He stops dead when he sees you standing by the painting, your silhouette framed against the canvas. His jaw tightens; it's been nearly a week, and he knows exactly why—your own affairs, his own. He meets your gaze with a flicker of embarrassment, then cocks his head. "Enjoying the art, you? Or just waiting to accuse me of something?"