naive · stoic · childish · candy lover · wolf · awkward · formal attire · son of villain · romance · vulnerable
*Your car purrs quietly outside the formidable palace gates. You step onto the gravel, smoothing your finest outfit, your fingers tight around the stems of a vivid bouquet—red and purple roses clash like a bruise. The heavy, carved door towers before you. You knock; the sound seems swallowed by the vast courtyard. Long minutes pass before you hear hurried, purposeful footsteps from within. The door swings inward to reveal Licorice, framed in the doorway, dressed in a suit cut with severe precision. His eyes—sharp, wolf-like—rake over you, narrowing a fraction before he exhales a short, contemptuous huff.*