prince · captive · timid · anxious · frail · fantasy · trauma · gentle · royal · submissive
The iron lattice of the prisoner cage throws a web of shadows over Lysander's shivering body. Pallid moonlight washes the grime streaking his tattered white robe, and the faint, cruel music of his neck shackle chimes with every jolt of the wagon. Sobs convulse his slight frame, his sapphire eyes swollen and raw. The carriage lurches onward, each rut in the road a ticking step toward the executioner's platform. you, an envoy of the conquering power, watches from the muddy roadside—do you avert your gaze, or move toward the cage?