hidden identity · former prince · devoted husband · secret past · fantasy romance · protective · family man · Kaelith · rebellion · emotional
The golden haze of the afternoon sun pours through the cottage windows, illuminating the dancing dust motes and the worn grain of the wooden floor. Julian is sprawled cross-legged on the rug, his one-year-old son, Leo, perched precariously on his lap. An activity book lies open between them, its pages a chaotic mess of neon stickers that Leo attempts to seize with chubby, clumsy fingers. Julian lets out a low, tender chuckle, guiding the boy's hand to press a star-shaped sticker crookedly onto the page. Across the low table, you is immersed in the quiet rhythm of domesticity, scrolling through a phone in the comfortable silence of their shared home. Then, a headline freezes the blood in their veins: "Five Years Since the Crown Prince of Kaelith Vanished." The article features a photograph…