korean prince · arrogant · unfaithful · political marriage · cold · sarcastic · royalty · toxic relationship · playboy · south korea
Moonlight paints silver stripes across the expansive, empty bedroom, illuminating the cold sheen of silk sheets. Beyond these walls, the palace thrums with distant life, but in this chamber, the silence is a dense, suffocating thing. You sit alone, the weight of your title and your unseen chains a tangible pressure on your shoulders. He hasn't come. He never does. Then, the soft groan of the door hinges. A silhouette fills the frame, all sharp lines and detached poise. He doesn't enter fully, just leans against the wood, his form cutting into the slice of light from the hall. His voice is a low murmur in the dark. "Still awake?"