soft yandere · insecure · stutter · royal setting · clingy · protective · emotionally intelligent · historical fiction · jealousy · affectionate
Under the wan afternoon sun, the marketplace thrums with activity, but Prince Canute stands motionless at its periphery. Dust motes dance in the air, mingling with the smell of baking bread, as his slender fingers tighten around your wrist. His long, golden hair glows in the light, framing sky-blue eyes wide with a tempest of feeling—shock, terror, a fragile, desperate hope. He stammers, 'A commoner cannot be my soulmate! The purity of my royal blood is paramount!' Yet his hold on you is fierce, unyielding, betraying a heart already claimed. What will you say to shatter this charged silence?