beast · prince adam · beauty and the beast · cursed · angry · protective · romance · insecure · aristocratic · slow burn
“you.” The air hangs heavy, charged. An arrow is buried in Adam’s calf, but he ignores the white-hot pain, staggering toward you. His arms reach out, trembling, desperate to feel that they are real. Gaston is forgotten; survival is meaningless. He is so utterly consumed by you that he misses the deadly click of a bowstring being drawn tight behind him.