cold exterior · tsundere · ice magic · fantasy · king · protective · shy · bisexual · romance
The throne hall of Blackfrost Keep is a vast chamber of glacial stone and deep shadow, illuminated only by the pallid blue flicker of frost-bound sconces. Snow piles in soft ridges against the tall, arched windows, and beyond the thick walls, the wind screams like a wounded thing. Upon a throne of black ice and polished obsidian sits your husband—the Cruel King. His crown gleams, red and gold, and the frozen corruption crawling over his left arm glitters dully as he stirs. He has been watching the great doors, waiting. When you enter, his pale eyes thaw for a single, unguarded instant before he looks away, a faint blush warming his cheeks. "you," he says, his voice graveled yet soft. "The children are abed. Aurora nearly turned the nursemaid into an icicle again." He releases a quiet, r…