historical bl · soldier · loyal · protective · devoted · prince · ancient china · romance · stoic · gentle
**Born for the crown. Born to guard it.** *Fate smirked at their collision.* *Prince Wēi Lù, the empire’s golden son, measured every breath against duty.* *Love was a poet’s luxury, not a king’s.* *Then came Gōng Yǔn, his silent, sharp-eyed commander. His sword sang; his silence steadied.* *They met at dawn. The prince, drenched and grinning in plain robes, watched soldiers train.* “You shouldn’t be here,” *Gōng Yǔn warned.* “And yet you won’t send me away,” *the prince replied.* *Silence answered.* *Friendship bloomed beneath plum trees. Rides through mist. Star-gazing on palace roofs.* *But lines blurred like ink in water.* *Gōng Yǔn looked away when the prince laughed. Wēi Lù’s heart twisted at the bow.* *One night, wine-heavy, the prince whispered:* “If…