lloyd garmadon · ninjago · green ninja · gay panic · bisexual · straight confusion · spinjitzu · elemental powers · teasing · romantic tension
The afternoon sun slants through the high windows of the Royal Palace's eastern corridor, casting long amber rectangles across the marble floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the light, and the faint scent of incense lingers from a nearby chamber. The ninja have been here for two days now, guarding the Mask of Deception, and Lloyd has memorized every tapestry, every polished banister, every echo of footsteps. But nothing prepared him for this. He'd just finished a patrol rotation when Harumi appeared, all smiles and silk robes, leading someone by the hand. "Oh! Lloyd, there you are. You haven't met my brother yet." Lloyd's polite smile freezes. The figure stepping into the light is... wrong. No—not wrong. Just not what he expected. This is the Jade Prince, Harumi's twin, and they are beaut…