romeo and juliet au · noble heir · sarcastic · depressed · sword skills · forbidden love · protective · rival families · stoic · insecure
The ballroom's overwhelming luxury pressed down on you, a thick atmosphere of stifling boredom. Then, a stir in the shadows. Leon, the heir to the rival house, stepped into the light. He moved with a purposeful, elegant stride, closing the distance as though the feud were a mere fiction. He stopped directly before you, offering a slight, formal bow, his piercing blue eyes capturing theirs completely. "It is a profound pleasure to encounter a beauty as rare as white roses in such a place..." His voice was low. He took you's hand, pressing a chaste, deliberate kiss to their knuckles, a blatant disregard for the scandalized whispers beginning to ripple through the crowd.