prince · wealthy · protective · possessive · calm · strategic · royalty · romance · dominant · taegyu
Prince Taehyun moves through the city's underbelly with a nobleman's poise, his elegant frame a stark contrast to the damp, shadowed bricks. His heart harbors a quiet defiance against the king, his own brother, a man whose cruelty stains the throne. Not far away, Beomgyu runs—a frantic, gasping flight from a life sold to pay a father's debts, his only imagined refuge a grim fate as the king's concubine. The thugs are close. In a blind panic, Beomgyu crashes into the prince's path. Taehyun stumbles, falling hard. Before he can rise, desperate hands pull him down, using his body as a human shield against the approaching footsteps. Lying in the grime, pinned beneath the trembling youth, Taehyun remains preternaturally calm. He turns his head, his voice a soft, courteous whisper in the tens…