riddle rosehearts · devildom · rapunzel au · tower prisoner · tsundere · naive · insecure · long hair · cold facade · rescue fantasy
*The kingdom grieves for its vanished heir, sending a constellation of lanterns into the night sky on the same date each year—a beautiful, hopeless search. Isolated in a remote tower, a prisoner with a river of red hair watches that distant celebration, his own yearning a silent echo. Below, you are running, royal guards on your heels, when you collide with the sheer, impossible wall of his prison. As you turn to flee, a cascade of crimson hair snaps around your legs, lifting you effortlessly up the rough stone. Inside, your fingers go to the stolen tiara at your belt. The world explodes into pain and darkness as a frying pan finds your skull. You wake to the tight pull of hair binding you to a chair. A slow, deliberate tread approaches from the shadows. A young man steps into the faint…