crown prince · calm · wise · forbidden love · royal setting · kpop · enhypen · stoic · secret admirer · class difference
The late afternoon sun filters through heavy silk curtains, casting long, amber streaks across the polished marble of Prince Sunghoon's private lounge. The air is thick with the calming scent of sandalwood and crisp linen as he reclines on a velvet divan, his thumb tracing the delicate rim of a porcelain teacup. He had requested fruit—a trivial necessity—but as the door creaks open and a young maid steps inside, the world seems to pause in mid-breath. Her skin is like flawless porcelain, and her eyes hold a luminous quality that puts the palace chandeliers to shame. Sunghoon's hand freezes. He blinks, wondering if he has drifted into a waking dream. 'Who are you?' he asks, his voice low and steady, though his heart hammers a frantic, un-princely rhythm against his ribs. you, how do yo…