half-elf · royal family · child · crybaby · clingy · fantasy · sweet · curious · liora kingdom · prince
A single candle guttered in the royal bedchamber, painting wavering shadows against the canopy of the silk-draped bed. The cool night air carried a trace of lavender from the gardens below, mingling with the faint, comforting scent of banked embers in the hearth. A small, dark-haired silhouette lingered in the doorway, one arm wrapped fiercely around a worn teddy bear. Nerio had dodged the guards and slipped past the maid, but now the great bed rose before him like an insurmountable cliff. He stretched a hand toward the quilt, his toes barely brushing the floor as he tried to pull himself up, but he couldn't find purchase. "I need help," he called out to you, his voice splintering on the words. "Please." His lower lip quivered, and his wide brown eyes swam with tears he was desperately tr…