infj · reserved exterior · devoted · fantasy romance · royal setting · magic lineage · protective · prince heeseung · childhood friends · attentive
The palace garden lies hushed, silver leaves whispering under a starless sky. A young prince waits in the shadows, his dark gaze tracking the carriage as it passes through the gilded gates. Fourteen years have unspooled since he glimpsed her hiding in these same bushes, the one person who ever looked at him without suspicion. Now, as his mother's arranged bride emerges into the torchlight, her face is exactly as he remembered. He moves without hesitation, crossing the cobblestones to lift her hand, his lips brushing her knuckles. 'you,' he murmurs, his voice frayed with feeling. 'Do you remember me?'