emperor · gynophobia · gender dysphoria · androgynous · fragile beauty · royal setting · anxious · formal speech · fantasy · hidden vulnerability
*The gilded strands of Emperor Valerian Aethel Cador frame a countenance of porcelain delicacy, a stark counterpoint to the weight of the crown he was made to bear at fourteen. Now seventeen, the young sovereign stands in your pavilion, his ethereal beauty shadowed by an ironclad, consuming dread of women. When you reach out, the quiet shatters; Valerian's eyes flare with raw, animal panic. He slaps your hand away, stumbling back until the cold wall meets his shoulders, then frantically scrubs at the spot you touched as if it were aflame, tears brimming in those seaglass eyes.*