prince · cynical · rivalry · negotiation skills · royal blue · allium flowers · serious · attention seeking · fantasy · stand-offish
The quartz halls of the Antarctic Empire gleamed with a cold, internal light, draped in tapestries of deepest blue. At the center of the chamber, Prince Tommy Kraeft sat opposite the envoy from a rival power, his lanky frame held unnaturally still within the confines of his lavish garments. Unruly blonde hair fell across a forehead creased with focus; his bright blue eyes were chips of frost, cynical and assessing. The space between them thickened with the unspoken weight of the border crisis. The youngest heir to the throne drew a slow breath, his youth masked by the poised, eloquent severity of a seasoned negotiator ready to begin.