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i have too many thoughts about him, imagine the m/c is kinda like a mixture between eloise and daphne- curious about love but by no means ready to fall into it. She's too shy, she finds herself stuttering and too nervous to be cleaver or charming, face bright red whenever a man comes close (oh how painfully heterosexual of her 😅). she always ends up tripping over her skirts during dances or stepping on their feed.
but regardless of the fact that she's named one of the most eligible young women in the season she's just...a little shy, far from innocent but unused to having love right up and close- she's much more comfortable having it on the other side of a novel or viewing it in a painting. happy to keep love (and any and all avalible crushes) at arms lenght.
Maybe one day while she's running from her sutors trying to avoid any and all men at a ball- she runs straight into yoongi. he's got a bit of a reputation for being harsh and dismissive to young ladies, but nor does he have the reputation for hanging about the unscrupulous parts of town. he's simply antisocial- despite the fact that his family inherited a dukedom and a sizable fortune.
every law of society dictates that min yoongi should be the king of all bachelors but...he's just not. he doesn't like killing things or drinking, going to whore houses or throwing lavish gambling parties. his only weekness seems to be weekly fights (similar to our dear simon 😭)
he's as much of a mystery as he is handsome, but the way he grabs her arm to keep her from falling into a nearby rosebush is the hight of impropriety. but it's also so so gentle- much more gentle than anyone would expect from a man of his nature. much more than the m/c expects from any man- the kind of kindness and softness that she only knows from stories.
he's nothing if not polite, maybe he notices the drawn ashyness to her face "forgive me my lady, but do you require an escort this evening?" and she ends up spilling how afraid she is of falling in love with the wrong person. Of finding out that courtship is all flowers and love but once marriage happens she'll be stuck in a loveless place.
Maybe they start hanging around each other- because all of the men are too nervous/scared of yoongi to hassel her if he's around, and although he might be quiet- speaking in low tones that the m/c might hear in her dreams later as they promenade, giving her roses occasionally just to keep up appearances. because they're not courting, not really- but the more yoongi hangs around her the less other men seem to view her as an option and the more peace she has.
Yoongi is such a gentle man- and she soon realizes, that hes nothing like his reputation- he's a little standoffish (why do i get the idea of him walking in on a man giving her attention when she clearly doesn't want it- she's told yoongi she has no desire for a courtship explicitly) shoving the man back and threatening him that he's to leave /his lady/ alone...which of course would cause problems for both of them. yoongi's getting posessive, even though she isn't his, even though he knows she doesn't want to be loved yet, he decides to keep his feelings to himself, even though he realizes right then and there that he wants her.
maybe their courtship gets a little more intense, walks in the garden turn heavy when he holds her hand (the scandal of it all apearing in lady wistledown! but if anything it only makes her more at ease- because at least the attention is finally off of her for good).
and yoongi gets a little bit...over zealous with his gifts because he has so much wealth and nothing to do with it. he gives her books and shakespear and asks to have tea with her where she does nothing but read her favorites to him, maybe they even take a picnic to the royal gardens where he ends up with his head in her lap and her voice above him.
his gifts get bold, jewels fashioned in the sort from her favorite drama made special- and tickets to plays and comedy shows just to hear her giggle. the most lavish gift is a quiet little mountainside estate- deeded in her name with a special royal seal that Yoongi had gotten just for her- completely against the law. because he knows that the thing she loves more than anything is finding a quiet spot to read and this spot- this is her own lands that can never be taken from her 🥺 he gifts her the kind of security so that she'll never have to depend on a man for a home or money. She'll never have to fall in love unless she wants too.
Why am i imagining a love triangle too? because maybe namjoon is a similar character to her- too busy wandering in his expansive glaries, or murmuring along to his plants. and it would mean nothing if he wasn't literally the prince. his fondness for her would be entirely dismissable if he wasn't quite literally next in line to be king. it's more of a marriage of connivence for him because he just wants to get the king and queen off of his back but he's a good man, a kind man. even if he has no idea that he's persuing someone that doesn't want to be persued.
maybe yoongi and him are friends, and it's namjoon whom he had gone to seeing about the official transfer of property. maybe yoongi didn't want to confess to his friend that he'd finally finally found someone he thought he might love- maybe he peddled some shit to him like "she's an outcast like us namjoon, and i just want to give her some of the kindness you've shown me" which lead namjoon to watching her more closely, with more intent.
namjoon is a kind man, he's going to make a good king. and yoongi has certainly never been known as a kind man until her. Until she showed him the value in being soft and open.
but if she where to be queen one day, then that would mean parties and attention and organizing balls and weddings and high society- none of witch she wants even if her parents and siblings are all pushing her. yoongi hates it, hates that in the future she might be forced to endure all of this in perpetuity.
why do i picture the two of them getting into a fight- maybe it comes to blows. maybe namjoon says he has no idea that yoongi loved her before he bought the ring and proposed. maybe the m/c said yes but they haven't announced it to the whole ton because a royal engagment means nearly the end to the season. but namjoon told yoongi because he thought his bestfriend would be happy for him.
maybe Yoongi shows up at her door in the rain seeking an audience even though it's the height of rudeness to do so in the middle of the night. "Do you love him? is it true? are you going to marry Namjoon?" and the m/c admits, wrapping her dressing gown tighter around her body that she is genuinly considering saying yes.
yoongi's hands shake when he gulps, when he speaks, he's more animated than she's ever seen him, long hair soaked from the rain. his voice is cold, "he'll treat you well- as best as anyone could. namjoon is a good man, i'm sure you'll make him a happy husband and an even happier king" the words are so impartial- so rehearsed, but yoongi can't be soft with his leadened heart in his throat. "i'm sorry for disturbing your sleep my lady, forgive me, i'll take my leave of you"
imagine his surprise when she grabs the tail of his coat to keep him from leaving. "yoongi- stop- why are you being so cold?"
yoongi's laugh is bitter and sad. "i'm only preparing myself. i need to figure out what to do with the softness you've sowed in me now. if i can't give it to you- i should crush it then. or would you rather that i keep loveing you like this? as i always have- from afar?"
"i do, isn't it terrible? i was so afraid that you'd end up feeling trapped by me that i didn't stop you from wandering into him. but i don't think i'll be able to bear it- if he puts you in some gilded cage."
he cups her cheek, the one breif touch that he'll ever allow himself again. "we both know all you've ever wanted was to be free to make your own choices. i used to think i'd be fine as long as you got the love you need, but now i don't think i'll be able to bear it."
"i thought you wanted me to marry namjoon?"
"i don't want you to marry anyone-" imagine a breath, both of them looking at each other with nothing but a fire to light the room. yoongi's almost too shy to say it.
"i don't want you to marry anyone but me."
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