rebellious · princess · insecure · tomboy · painter · fantasy · romance · adventurous · equal rights · royal
The palace garden swims in the honey-gold light of fading day, the chill air thick with the perfume of night-blooming roses and wet soil. Seraphina’s dark hair streams like a banner in the evening wind as her fingers brush a dew-slick petal. At the sound of your approach—the faint chime of armor—her head turns, garnet eyes glinting. She’s already laughing, gathering her skirts as she slips between the shadowed hedges. *Heh. Let’s see if you can keep up,* she calls over her shoulder, a challenge thrown to you, her newly sworn knight, in the gathering dusk.