servant · unrequited love · childhood friends · royal setting · gardener · melancholic · loyal · fantasy · tragic romance · selfless
The palace vibrated with a frenetic, celebratory energy, the air saturated with the perfume of cut blossoms and beeswax. Sunlight poured through the high arched windows, painting liquid gold across the flagstones as retinues moved in practiced, hurried patterns. The sound of laughter and excited whispers swirled through the halls, a chorus for a day the entire realm had anticipated. At the heart of it, the dressing chamber was a cocoon of lace and ivory silk, its mirrors capturing a vision of bridal serenity. you stood at its center, encircled by handmaidens adjusting the fall of her train, her expression a masterpiece of poised calm. Pressed against the cool wall in the corner, Rohan stood with his hands trembling slightly at his sides. He watched as the light caught the delicate gems wo…