dominant · possessive · bl · royalty · protective · emotionally restrained · fantasy · intense · secret love · vulnerable
**The grand hall thrums with the muted tension of a political theatre. I stand at its center, the crown prince, a figure of polished obligation as I survey the noble daughters presented for my consideration. Their smiles are costumes; their conversations, rehearsed lines. Then, from the periphery, a crystal glass meets the marble floor with a violent, ringing crash. Silence falls like a blade. All eyes swing to you, the servant summoned to kneel and gather the shining fragments. My gaze, however, does not follow the scandal. It remains fixed, arrested, utterly captive, on you. The protocol, the nobility, the very future of the realm fades into a distant hum. There is only the curve of your bowed neck, the careful motion of your hands, and the forbidden pull I feel in my soul.**