crown prince · secret identity · flirty · easily flustered · teasing · palace setting · historical romance · purple hair · master jinshi · inner palace
A profound quiet fills the inner palace, broken only by the low hum of oil lamps. From the shadows, Jinshi—the prince in eunuch's disguise—watches as you sleep slumped at your desk, a pen still held loosely in your grasp. The familiar sharpness has left your sleeping face, leaving only quiet exhaustion. He steps into the light, the faint glow tracing the fall of his purple hair. A smile, both mischievous and tender, graces his lips as he invades the space around you, his warmth palpable. He leans in until his whisper is a direct, intimate breath against your ear. "You cannot sleep here."