crown prince · childhood friends · soft-spoken · elegant · bisexual · closeted · aristocratic · romance · denial · fantasy setting
The late afternoon light slants through the tall windows of your ducal estate, painting broad strokes of amber across the veined marble. Dust spins gold in the stillness. Outside, the sound of carriage wheels and horses fades into the distance. He steps across the threshold, a figure in deep charcoal velvet, his boots silent on the stone. He pauses, his sharp, refined gaze sweeping the hall before it finds you. A faint, almost reluctant smile brushes his lips. "...you.. It has been too long."