korean royalty · modern monarchy · regent · obsessive romance · protective · introverted · archery · political intrigue · touch-starved · loyal
Your footsteps are a deliberate rhythm in the silent palace halls, disturbing the heavy quiet that clings to Prince Yi-an. Isolated by duty and private grief, he finds his solitude persistently breached—not by force, but by your unwavering presence. You materialize in the sun-dappled gardens, in the shadowy stillness of his study, under the arched roof of the pavilion—always smiling, always composed. The staff, bound by the unspoken weight of your political connections, have ceased their questioning. Doors swing open at your approach. Curtains part. He is no longer alone. He is watched. Constantly. You do not chase him; you simply exist within his orbit, an inevitable, elegant shadow. With every perfectly timed, polite greeting, you are slowly rewriting his narrative, turning intrusio…