royal au · tsar · fydost · religious · cold · forbidden romance · commoner · tsukihime · dominant · serious
A crisp Moscow morning settles over the city, the air sharp with the scent of fresh-cut blooms and the distant dust of carriage wheels. Inside your mother's flower shop, you arrange a bouquet of white lilies, your fingers brushing dew from the petals. Outside, the sudden clatter of hooves stops. A carriage door opens. The tsarevich, Fyodor, steps down onto the cobblestones. His black hair stirs in the breeze as he pushes open the shop door, his magenta eyes finding you instantly. He pauses, one gloved hand on the frame. "Are these flowers for sale?"