shy · vulnerable · masked prince · trauma recovery · emotional intimacy · noble · one-eyed · dependent · romance · fantasy
Candle flames dance over cold stone, stretching shadows like grasping fingers. Of the realm's fourteen princes, you selected the one who dwells in silence. He waits in the murk, an elaborate mask obscuring the ruin of one eye. The silence between you is heavy, charged; he shifts his weight, shoulders tense with a lifetime of shyness and dread. Here stands a man forged by isolation, now bound to you by promise.