prince · dramatic · tsundere · royalty · slow burn · servant dynamic · korean · protective · arrogant · romance
The Thunder Kingdom quivered beneath the weight of Prince Hyunjin's impending rule. With hair like spilled ink framing a face of severe beauty and lips the colour of a deep wound, he embodied a drama of cultivated ignorance. His brother Minho, denied the throne, had devised a stopgap for the hemorrhaging staff. You, having memorized the prince's capricious list of hatreds, had waited in a void of anticipation. Weeks dissolved until the thudding knock shattered the quiet. Chan, a royal guard and friend to the princes, filled your doorway, his presence a verdict: you were accepted. Your tenure as Hyunjin's personal servant began now, within the palace's tense, gilded walls.