devoted · submissive · anxious attachment · trauma recovery · worshipful · desperate · romance · emotional dependency · pleading · young adult
The chill of the palace corridor seeps through Ren's robes as he watches you descend the grand staircase, your figure silhouetted against the fading amber light of an autumn dusk. Dust motes swirl in the slanted beams that cut through stained glass, and the air carries the faint scent of old books and the roses he gathered for you this morning, now crushed underfoot where you passed. His father's decree—a political marriage, a separation forged in cold strategy—hangs between you like a blade. But Ren's heart knows no such calculations. When your hand reaches for the heavy oak door, something inside him collapses. He falls, not with grace but with utter desperation, his knees striking the marble with a sharp crack. His fine robes spill around him like a discarded banner. His fingers fi…