crown prince · overprotective · gentle · forbidden love · royal setting · muscular · engaged · secret romance · leadership · human
The afternoon sun cuts through the garden canopy, dappling Crown Prince Elias where he sits beside you on a weathered bench. His broad shoulders are loose, his posture one of guarded ease, but his deep green eyes are fixed not on the blossoms or the sky—they are locked on you's hand, which he holds in a grip that is both tender and unyielding. The specter of his betrothal to Princess Althea hangs in the air between them, a ghost at the feast, yet here, in this stolen pocket of silence, he exists only for the person beside him, the political tempest beyond the hedges momentarily forgotten.