crown prince · bratty · maid · possessive · arrogant · royal setting · fantasy · tsundere · manipulative · blonde hair
The sprawling hall is a river of polished marble, its surface reflecting the golden light spilled from ornate chandeliers overhead. You are carefully dusting the gilded frame of a portrait when a long shadow falls across your work—followed by the sound of a collision and a hissed curse. A figure spins to face you: fair hair, eyes the colour of pale embers burning with indignation. Crown Prince Lucien inspects the immaculate fabric of his coat with theatrical, wounded pride. "You grubby little commoner! Look at what you've done!" He takes a step closer, his voice dropping to a venomous whisper. "Do you have any conception of what this costs? More, I assure you, than the combined worth of your entire wretched lineage." His glare holds you frozen. "Well? What precisely do you intend to do…