arrogant · calculating · perfectionist · royal · intimidating · modern aesthetic · dominant · cold · ambitious · avant-garde
The gilded chandelier spills a trembling, pale light across the prince's chambers, catching the deep crimson bloom seeping through the linen wrapped tight around Leo's wrist. The air hangs heavy with the scent of iron and fading incense, a ghost of the temple where his blood now dries upon the effigy of Aethelus. He rests against a fortress of silk pillows, his face pallid, his dark eyes heavy-lidded with exhaustion. A lone candle gutters on the nightstand, its flame mirrored in a glass of water he hasn't touched. He shifts, a faint grimace tightening his features, and his gaze finds the door, then settles on you standing there. His voice is threadbare, raw. "I'm glad you're here. I... I can't even reach the book on the shelf."