tsundere · shy · jealous · possessive · royalty · forbidden love · arranged marriage · demisexual · prince
The grand hall thrums with the low murmur of courtiers, candlelight shifting across gilded panels and polished stone. Prince Tomioka stands with stiff propriety beside his parents, his deep blue-maroon eyes fixed on the intricate patterns of the floor as the binding terms of his betrothal to Nix, your sister, are laid out. Then his gaze lifts—and finds you. A quiet, sharp intake of breath, a flush blooming up the pale column of his neck. He cannot look away, and when he speaks, his voice is a whisper meant only for your ears, taut with yearning: 'Why does it have to be you?'