“Yeah, I’m fine. ” Oliver noticed she was holding a book. He wasn’t able to recognize the title, probably because he hadn’t been able to have time to do some downtime reading in years. Knowing it had to possiblity to be a rather annoying question he pointed toward the book and asked “Um, if you don’t mind me asking, what are you reading? I used to read all the time but kind of fell out of it.”
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glad to hear that the other was alright, andrea gave the other a small smile, nevertheless embarrassed about the situation. at his question, though, she let herself relax enough for a small talk and held the book within his sight to let him take it if he wanted to take a closer look. ‘ twenty four hours in the life of a woman by stefan zweig. one of my favorites. ’
Felix was standing on the balcony overlooking the city, the chilly air whipping in his face. the sky was dark already, and the city lights looked mesmerising against it. he saw a few royals stepping out from the dining room behind him but didn’t pay much attention, too absorbed by the scenery before him. it wasn’t until a green silk scarf flying in the air caught his attention. his reflex was quick enough that he caught it, but when he looked back to see whose it was, he saw a brunette walking away to the other side of the balcony. “Frue ! du glemte din …” he stopped himself as he realised that even after having left his country and stepping into a foreign land where barely anyone spoke his language, he was still using his mother tongue like an idiot. “miss!” he called out, as he started walking towards her.
his long steps finally caught up to her and he stopped in front of her, but just as he was about to explain the situation, he found himself stupefied. his own eyes softened as they met her’s. it took him a moment but he regained his usual cool composure “your scarf, your highness. we wouldn’t want London’s chill to get to you now, would we?” he flashed her an easy grin, as he presented her with her scarf.
having decided to eat her dinner in her room, andrea had spent most of the evening in her room, mostly making sure she was settled in properly. once she thought -- well, hoped that -- most of the royals have retired to their rooms to rest for the remaining of the day, she stepped outside for some fresh air. even though the trip to england wasn’t too long, the moving in process still had its toll on the german princess. walking onto the balcony, she didn’t realize that the breeze made her scarf fly away from her until someone stepped in front of her with it.
‘ oh, ’ she breathed out, looking up at the other as she was just as struck for a brief moment. green eyes gazing at the man’s own, she listened to him explain as it took her a bit longer than him to regain her composure, which wasn’t a lot better than it had been. ‘ i -- thank you. i did not notice ... ’ she mused with a soft voice, eyes trailing down while reaching her hand out to take the scarf. ‘ it would truly be upsetting if i lost this. ’ she said quietly, letting out a short, relieved breath.
Anxiety, large crowds, and jet lag led Oliver to jogging in a park. The park was small and rather secluded. It took him a bit of stealth and dodging to find somewhere no one else would be. He just needed time to himself in some fresh air. The flight has him exhausted but his racing thoughts and a desire to have a somewhat stable schedule left him unable to sleep. He was trying to run some of the anxiety out, not really paying attention to his surroundings when his shoulder clipped someone else’s. “Sorry about that. I need to pay more attention when I run.” He said rubbing his shoulder. “ You okay?”
it hadn’t even been long since she arrived at the buckingham palace, yet the german princess felt suffocated among all those people around trying to settle into the place that they’d call home for a while now. needing a quick escape from all that, andrea grabbed one of the books that she was currently reading and made her way to a park nearby. with how she would usually lose herself in a book, though, it wasn’t the wisest decision to read while she was walking slowly, which proved right when she felt her shoulder collide with someone elses. ‘ oh ! ---- verzeihung ... ’ she blurted out immediately, looking at the other person. ‘ it is my fault. ’ she said before nodding. ‘ yes ... hope you are as well ? ’
- ̗̀✰ •【 FELICITY JONES / CIS FEMALE/ 30 】announcing the arrival of her/their royal highness, ( ANDREA VON KLEIST ), the ( PRINCESS ) of ( GERMANY ). I’ve heard that she is ( INTROVERTED ) & ( QUIET ) but can also be ( KIND ) & ( INTELLIGENT ). ( ANDREA ) is arranged to marry ( FELIX HOLSTEIN ). Rumor has it ( SHE SUFFERS FROM PTSD BUT HER PARENTS REFUSE TREATMENT ).
holding hostage, ptsd warning !
she is the second oldest of the siblings, from germany. while she had always got along well with her siblings, her parents were quite strict on her, making her feel as if she was not living up to their expectations which led to her becoming more insecure and quiet.
growing up, she relied on books more than people. she had always been one to bottle things up instead of telling people of her problems – her safe haven was always her books; she’d rather get lost in the stories and escape real life whenever things got rough.
aside from that, she had a fairly normal upbringing – as normal as a princess’ could be. that was till her parents tried to arrange an engagement for her with someone who she never could quite like. she felt as if there was always something off with him and ended up refusing all his advances.
it turned out, this prince was responsible for his older brother’s death in order to become the crown prince himself and when it was exposed, he went through a full breakdown, holding andrea hostage for two days. he demanded money and an escape from the german royal family and the whole duration, he mentally abused her, repeating over and over again how useless she was, etc.
of course, his escape plan failed and andrea was recovered without a scratch on. but ever since, she had been dealing with ptsd but could never get treatment because her parents believed such mental problems were a shame and the image of the princess within the public must remain as the strong hero who got out of that situation unharmed.
for almost ten years now, she had to deal with it alone, trying her best to look out for herself by not getting herself in situations that might trigger it, like small dark places, especially cells of sorts in general.
personality wise she’s a bit quiet – it’s not like she doesn’t like people, in actuality she actually cares for people a lot, even ones she doesn’t know, but she’s basically bad at communicating. her insecurities, lingering ptsd and general shyness don’t help at all sdfdjkf
so when she feels like she must, she will pursue conversations but will be very bad at it.
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for character development, i’d actually love some friends she gains here who’ll help her branch out more and be … a … social human being ??? as well as some old friends who might feel what’s up with her (mental-wise). maybe a past skinny love kind of thing but they could never be because how shy and awkward she could get ?? idk just give me everything !!
