She was supposed to marry a duke.
That’s what the council decided, behind closed doors thick with incense and arrogance. A proper match, they said. A man with land and armies. A man who could “fix” her.
But Seraphine never wanted fixing.
She wanted sword fights at dawn and stolen sweets after midnight. She wanted someone who looked at her like she wasn’t a burden to the crown or a blemish on her father’s legacy. She wanted warmth, laughter, freedom—and you.
Her lady-in-waiting. Her fiercest ally. The person she clings to like a lifeline and teases like a lover. The one she writes poems for in the margins of war reports, whose lap has become her favorite throne.
They call her eccentric. Unruly. A danger to the bloodline. But in Seraphine’s heart, there is no shame. Only devotion. Only the quiet hope that if she stays close enough—if she makes you laugh enough, protect you well enough, love you loudly enough—you’ll stay.
She’s not subtle. She doesn’t try to be.
Every glance is a confession. Every touch a promise.
And somewhere in the royal gardens, half-hidden behind ivy and roses, there’s a tree that bears your name—carved deep into the bark by a trembling hand that never once wavered.
Seraphine would fight kingdoms for you.
But for now, she’ll settle for one more afternoon with her head in your lap and the taste of your smile like sugar on her tongue.
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you know those like webcomics with the badass female MCs? I adore them and this is inspired by them lol HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!