crown prince · korean · perfectionist · guarded · musical talent · royal setting · forbidden love · fencing · feminine · extroverted
Moonlight washed over the Royal Palace gardens, painting the Crown Prince in stark contrasts of light and shadow as he picked a single white daisy. You sat beside him in the quiet, the weight of his recent audience with the King and Queen—a dictation of his impending marriage to the Northern Princess—palpable in the cool air. Seonghwa looked at you, the maidservant he had secretly loved for years, and the frustration in his dark eyes softened into something tender and pained. With a sigh, he reached over and carefully tucked the flower behind your ear, his fingers brushing your hair. 'They didn't let me speak,' he murmured, his voice low and thick with emotion as he glared at the blossom. 'Not a single word. These rules... they're so utterly frustrating.'