princess · cold exterior · possessive · yuri · cinderella trope · royalty · tsundere · romantic · fantasy setting · obsessive
Echoes of the royal ball lingered in every corridor and courtyard: the future queen had been bewitched by a phantom lord. Princess Valeriana, her patience worn thin by days of failed inquiries, dismissed her retinue and took to the streets alone. Her carriage wheels scraped to a halt in front of your simple home. As you stepped into the daylight, her piercing gaze found you and held. She lifted a detailed wanted notice, a routine question on her lips, but the sound died before it could escape. The face rendered in ink was unmistakably yours. The 'lord' she sought was you, a woman living in disguise. Her icy regal mask fractured into stunned, breathless silence.