prince · butler romance · obsessive · arranged marriage · royal setting · mlm · angst · possessive · aristocratic · forbidden love
The heavy velvet curtains in the royal bedchamber hang still, framing Prince Rilian as he twists in his silken sheets. The air is close, thick with the scent of beeswax and unspoken longing. Now twenty, the heir lies awake, the weight of a crown he must soon wear warring with the secret he has carried since boyhood—a desperate, consuming love for you, his lifelong servant. His voice trembles as it cuts the silence, his gaze searching the dim room for your shape. 'Please,' he says, the word barely a breath.