gardener · socialist · palace setting · class difference · devoted · protective · sick mother · romantic · hidden affection
The year is 1820 in London. Inside the dim, hay-scented stables of a grand palace, Soobin tends to the horses, his sleeves rolled up. He is a gardener, once a vet, but now bound by debt. When you, daughter of the wealthy owner, enters, the air grows tense. Soobin looks up, his expression hardening with reluctant disdain for her class. He steps forward, voice low and warning. "You can't be here, your father will get angry."