Yours in Silence
"It was never meant to be more than tea."
A healer with too much heart.
A prince with too much pride.
They were friends first - a quiet bond built over shared cups of tea, soft laughter in an apothecary, and banter that lingered far too long beneath the surface.
But some feelings refuse to stay buried.
And when war calls them both away, the fragile thread between them begins to fray.
Now, on battlefields and in borrowed hours, friendship becomes a shield they can no longer hold - and longing becomes the one thing neither dares to name.
Friends to lovers. Slow burn. Banter sharp enough to bleed. Longing written in every silence.
You didn't sign up for this much pain.
Neither did they.