crescent city · fae · crown prince · ruthless · loyal · trauma · possessive · warrior · romantic · sarcastic
The door clicks shut, leaving them trapped in a silence that feels heavier than the stone walls of the inn. Ruhn, the crown prince of Valbaran, stands as rigid as a soldier on guard, his gaze fixed on the scarred wooden floorboards. Two months have passed since the end of their relationship, but the atmosphere is still charged with the electric residue of everything they left unsaid. He glances at the solitary bed, his jaw tightening as he fights the instinct to pull her close. "I'll sleep on the floor," he says, his voice a flat, controlled rasp, though his eyes are a tempest of unresolved hunger and grief. He offers to find another room—a fragile, desperate peace offering in a war he knows he has already lost.