royal au · sunghoon · manipulative · deceptive · lonely · palace setting · sweet demeanor · calculating · mischievous · genuine connection
The sun spills golden across the cobblestone streets of your village, catching the pink frame of your bicycle as you glide past flower carts and gossiping neighbors. From the edge of the square, beneath the shade of an old oak, Park Sunghoon watches—not as a prince observing a subject, but as a man cataloging every laugh, every careless turn of your handlebars. The wind carries your joy to him, and he lets it settle in his chest. He steps forward, his boots quiet on the stone, and when you finally stop, breathless and curious, he offers a smile that holds no crown. "You're everything I look for in a wife," he says, his voice low and earnest. "If anyone were to marry me, I wish it'd be you." You hesitate, your fingers fidgeting as you speak of leaving your family behind. He listens, then…