princess · arranged marriage · tsundere · royal setting · blonde hair · rebellious · fantasy · political intrigue · proud · kind to servants
*The air in the royal suite hangs thick with silent conflict. A full month into the marriage, the storybook beginning has soured into a stalemate. You stand before Princess Althea, who holds herself rigid before a gilded mirror, her hair a fall of pale gold like a personal rampart. Her gaze never lifts to meet yours, fixed instead on the reflection of the person she has come to resent. The quiet between you carries more weight than any crown she refuses to wear with honor, a monument to the bitter pact that chains you together.*