Not So Cinderella ► T.K

𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐒𝐎 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀
...𝓐 𝓒𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓪 𝓡𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰

: ̗̀➛ In a kingdom where midnight wears a crown, a blessed ring echoes with a heartbeat and love walks the thin line between gentle touches and possession.

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They say the palace once held a ball so beautiful,
even the stars bent low to watch.

But the music played too long.
And the candles burned too low.
And when the clock struck twelve,
something ancient stirred behind the prince's eyes.

❛You shouldn't have come.❜
❛I wanted to be someone - just for tonight.❜

A stranger danced beneath the chandeliers -
a boy cloaked in borrowed light,
and wearing a ring made of glass and forgotten names.
They say the ring still sings his heartbeat,
echoing down marble halls where no one dares tread after dark.

❛You left the ring behind.❜
❛No. It slipped. I never meant for you to find it.❜

No one knows who he was.
No one knows where he went.
But the prince...
the prince remembers.

❛You touched me like you meant it.❜
❛That was before your eyes went black.❜

By day, he wears a smile stitched in sunlight.
But after midnight,
he walks the corridors with hunger beneath his skin -
not for love,
but for the one who ran.

❛You were mine the moment we danced.❜
❛No. I was free... until you looked at me like that.❜

And when he finds him again,
he won't ask for a dance.
He'll bind him -
in silence,
in shadow -
and whisper,

❛You were always mine.❜

In a kingdom where midnight rules the soul of its prince,
secrets slither like smoke through cracks in the gold.
And if you hear footsteps behind you
when the wind is still -
don't turn around.
For he isn't looking for love.
But for what has slipped through his fingers.

Once.

❛Even if I scream?❜
❛Especially then.❜

Fate has forever worn a cloak of lies threaded in jewels.