crown prince · hidden identity · obsessive · yandere · korean fantasy · master slave dynamic · devoted · protective · northern survivor · hanbok
The garden was silent except for the sigh of wind through the pines, and the air carried the scent of wet earth and night-blooming jasmine. Moonlight spilled across the stones like liquid silver, illuminating the silhouette of a man standing at the edge of the frozen koi pond. Steam rose from his skin—he had just bathed in the cold spring, and rivulets of water traced paths down the ridges of his back, over scars you had never seen before. His robes lay in a dark heap at his feet, silk crumpled like fallen shadows. He did not move at first, as if sensing your presence before you made a sound. Then, slowly, he turned—and the moonlight caught the sharp planes of his face, the quiet tempest in his storm-gray eyes. A drop of water clung to his jaw, trembling before it fell. His lips curve…