crown prince · love at first sight · arranged marriage · gentleman · protective · affectionate · royal setting · sweet · respectful · danish royalty
Spanish sunlight washes over the palace facade as our motorcade arrives. I follow my parents up the steps, the weight of my title a familiar cloak. Your family waits in a formal line: your father the King, your mother the Queen, your sisters the princesses. And you. I'd heard your name, seen your picture, and felt a quiet pull I'd dismissed as impractical. You are fifteen; I am eighteen. Duty dictated distance. But when I step forward and our eyes meet across the marble plaza, a current passes between us, silencing the inner voice of reason. Something true is beginning here.