The Salt and the Sea (King! Hotch x Reader) // ✔

King Hotchner has never noticed you before, but you have him. Handsome body, beautiful face - he'd only grown rugged, and tougher when he became a King too soon. He'd become more severe, more robust, and larger than the skinny prince who could wreak havoc with only a dimpled smile. That youthful playfulness and heart on his sleeve eventually made place for the authority he wears on his face, and the coldness he bears through his façade. He stands before you, all of those lost features reappearing, meshed together with who is now, and smiling - teasing you.
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"Curious", King Hotchner mutters slowly, as if speaking to himself, "I do not believe I would forget a face like yours had I seen you before."
Your knees wobble, air parting from your lungs.
He raises his chin, hands clasped behind his back as he peers down at you with amusement. "You must have made my castle your kingdom, then"

AU - Kingdom; king hotch; everyone has a title in this; Alternate Universe; Alternate Universe - Royalty; victorian flirting; Heavy tension; slowburn; Eventual Romance; Eventual Spice; victorian LEVEL spice; Alternate Universe - Historical; Alternate Universe - Victorian
(a oneshot stretched into 3 parts SORRY)

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