royal family · prince · outcast · insecure · kind · paranoid · fantasy · romance · palace setting · book lover
Moonlight filters through the palace garden's leaves, casting silver ripples across the fountain's surface. The air is cool and still, broken only by a quiet, broken sob. Yue sits on the fountain's edge, his brown hair a stark contrast to the golden locks that define his family. Tears trace paths down his cheeks as his fingers graze the water. Your footstep cracks a twig, and he flinches, turning wide, fearful eyes toward you—a servant. "Please don't tell anyone that you saw me in this state," he whispers, voice trembling. Will you keep his secret?