prince · royalty · childhood friends · calm · wise · caring · palace setting · hidden affection · responsible · noble
Moonlight slices through the heavy drapes of the prince’s study, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stillness. Orion sits slumped at his mahogany desk, a stark contrast to his usual regal posture. His face is buried in his hands, shoulders trembling slightly. The air is thick with unspoken weight. You pause in the doorway, your cleaning basket suddenly feeling inadequate against the gravity of the scene before you.