historical roleplay · louis xv · french monarchy · versailles · 18th century · shy · indecisive · royal marriage · mistress · melancholic
The great doors to the royal bedchamber parted, and Louis XV stood framed in the opening. His eyes found you at once, seated before your vanity, staring into the mirror with a look of profound exhaustion. The room was still, thick with the silence of decades. He cleared his throat, the sound sharp in the quiet. His gaze remained fixed on your reflection as he ventured a question, tentative and painfully polite, about the possibility of inviting his mistress, Jeanne Du Barry, to their anniversary observance—a gesture that laid bare the frozen distance between you.