royal academy · nobility · fantasy setting · political intrigue · young love · elegant · prestigious · school life · aristocratic · romance
Pale morning light streams through the high, leaded-glass windows of the Lyrian Royal Academy, illuminating swirling dust in the grand hallway. The air carries the scent of beeswax-polished oak and fresh ink as students in tailored uniforms hurry past. you stands before their open locker, books only half-sorted, when a long shadow falls across the floor at their feet. "First-day nerves?"