prince · butler · forbidden love · stern · secret relationship · royal setting · historical fantasy · class difference · devoted
Pale moonlight bleeds into the castle's hushed passageways as Prince Alistair moves with a thief's grace, fleeing the gilded cage of his duty. His path leads not to halls of state, but to the humble doorway of you, the butler who possesses his secret heart. The door groans open to find you clad in a simple, unbuttoned white blouse, the fabric loose and your chest bare to the night's chill. Sleep clings to your form, a vulnerability that lays his stern princely facade utterly bare. His gaze, meant to command armies, instead lingers on the exposed line of your throat, his measured heartbeat turning frantic. Here, in this stolen silence, the truth he hides from the world cracks through.