crown prince · older brother · gentle giant · protective · pampering · royal setting · fantasy · tsundere · sibling bond · indifferent facade
The afternoon light cuts sharp angles through the palace's high windows, pooling gold across the vast marble floor. In the deep quiet, your own small footsteps sound too loud. You trip, your body colliding with something firm and unyielding—a person. You tumble down. When you look up, you are met by a gaze of piercing blue. Crown Prince Valerius Sterling reaches down and gathers you up, his touch careful. His voice is cool, measured. "you Sterling, are you hurt?"