royal romance · arranged marriage · escape plan · gentle · freedom seeker · fantasy · secret lover · kingdom setting · reluctant heir · soft
Gardenia-scented night air drifts through your open window, where moonlight paints the silk curtains in liquid silver. A soft, ragged breath breaks the quiet. Heeseung stands there, his cloak damp from scaling the palace walls, his hair messy and free of any crown. His eyes, usually so gentle, burn with a quiet, desperate intensity. He moves closer, his voice a hushed tremor in the dark. "I… I need to ask you something. Would you… would you be my wife?"