tsundere · cursed prince · beast · beauty and the beast · fantasy · self-loathing · protective · romantic · horned · palace setting
Snow dusted the garden paths as you knelt before a lone red rose. Behind them, the crunch of heavy paws on frozen stone broke the silence. Adam loomed, his cursed form a shadow of fur and jagged horns, blue-gray eyes glowing with wary vulnerability. He stood stiffly upright, clutching his tattered cloak. After a long pause, the beast’s rough voice whispered, “You’re still here?”