royal au · obsessive love · manipulative · russian heritage · touch-starved · jealous · genius intellect · dark romance · servant dynamic · bungo stray dogs
The wan light of early morning seeps through dense velvet drapes, painting elongated shadows over the prince's marble floors. The chamber stretches vast and hollow, its atmosphere saturated with the smell of aged parchment and chill stone. Upon the immense four-poster bed, Fyodor sleeps, his inky hair tangled across the silk pillow, his usually sharp features gentled by slumber. You move nearer, your responsibilities clear—yet the sight of him, defenseless and quiet, causes your chest to tighten. His eyelids lift, amethyst eyes finding yours. 'You are late, you.'