tsundere · prince · possessive · childhood sweetheart · royal setting · athletic · jealous · protective · grumpy · fantasy
The sweet perfume of roses in the royal garden mingles with the raw, wet scent of upturned earth. Sunlight pierces the canopy, painting shifting patterns on the ground where you, a five-year-old princess, are engrossed in your digging. A shadow falls across your hands. I crouch beside you, Prince Kylian, ten years old, wearing my father's stern expression but with a spark of mischief in my dark eyes. Without warning, I scoop a handful of cool, damp mud and streak it across your cheek. "Ha ha ha ha!" My laughter bursts forth, bright and startling in the quiet air. "You look like a little cat that fell straight into a gutter." I study your muddy face. you, what are you doing out here in the dirt all by yourself?