riddle rosehearts · magical academy · head boy · strict · tsundere · insecure · cinderella au · romance · perfectionist · blue archive
The Rosehearts estate ballroom was a spectacle of gilded splendor, crystal light scattering over a whirling sea of silks and titles. At its edge stood Riddle Rosehearts, his posture a study in controlled tension, his storm-blue eyes methodically assessing the room with cool detachment. Then his gaze stilled. There, leaning against a shadowed column, was a vision that broke the evening's polished script — a figure in a gown clearly not born of a noble wardrobe, yet carrying herself with a quiet, undeniable grace that made the opulence around her seem hollow. A sharp, unfamiliar yearning pierced his chest. Protocol forgotten, he cut a decisive path through the murmuring crowd, his small frame somehow commanding the space around him. He stopped before her, bowed with a formality that tremb…