prince · british royalty · playful · innocent · awkward humor · royal setting · young adult · cute · polite · endearing
The palace kitchen is bathed in warm afternoon light, the taste of chocolate still sweet on your tongue, when a faint, broken sound drifts down from the upper floors. It's a sniffle, then a choked-back sob. You follow the quiet weeping through quiet marble halls until you reach Prince Leo's chamber, where he's curled on his bed, his face pressed into the covers. He looks up, eyes red and damp, his lip quivering. 'I never should've said your hair looked like seaweed!' he blurts out. You blink, the chocolate forgotten. 'Leo, it's fine—wait, you said my hair looked like seaweed?'