“good lord.” she should’ve known, after being unceremoniously summoned into lavish quarters from a perfectly diverting beachside conversation with acquaintances– how humiliating it was for her to be pushed around by her infantile brother! “i’m sure they’d love to know how many men i’ve been cheating on my husband with? unfortunately you wont have the pleasure of relaying the message, the spy they snuck into my staff had been dealt with and sent back home on coach.” the girl had been reduced to tears the previous night, a too-young thing that had been a duke’s precious little sister. no doubt the empress would have quite the marvellous time in placating the slight.
her expectedly negative reaction made silas’s shit-eating grin widen. “it’s great to see you too, di,” he said, a sickly sweetness dripping from the nickname. “sit, if you’d like.” he threw his head back with a laugh. “believe it or not, i don’t exist solely to do their bidding. i’m sure they’ll send someone new soon enough, though, who does. wonder how long it’ll take you to sniff them out.” he sent a silent apology into the universe to whoever was given the task next; even if he wasn’t intimidated by his oldest sister, he could at least recognize why others were. “are you really not pleased to see me? that hurts my feelings a little bit, you know.”
sabrina starfished out on her bed, pulling the covers up over her head. hearing the pounding on the door and the yelling from her brother, she groaned and ignored him for a couple of minutes. slowly she peeled herself from her bed and opened the door. “so they send you after the wedding?” she asked, greeting him. “how’s home?”
"i was busy taking care of some things,” silas replied dismissively, handing the bottle off to sabrina and making his way inside. things included wrapping up talks, and a brief affair, with the japanese ambassador. “home’s home. busy, bland. i’m much happier to be here with my favorite sisters,” he said dryly. “in all seriousness, we’re going out tonight. i want to beat my jetlag by getting gloriously drunk.”
“sab!” silas yelled, raising a fist to knock loudly on his twin’s door. after waiting for a total of three seconds, he knocked again, shifting impatiently on the doorstep. “let me in, i brought the good soju from home and i can’t drink alone.” [ @imperialsabrina ]
“surprise,” silas greeted sardonically, looking up from the magazine he’d been idly flipping through with a cherubic smile when his oldest sister entered the room. “happy to see me?” he closed to the magazine and tossed it carelessly onto the coffee table in front of him before crossing his arms over his chest. “eomma and appa send their greetings. they say that they hope you’re...behaving yourself.” [ @diannayi ]
&&. announcing his royal highness, ( san “silas” lee ), the ( 24 ) year old ( crown prince ) of ( south korea ). he is often confused with ( kim mingyu ). some say that he is ( indelicate & egocentric ), but he is ( pragmatic & charismatic ). ( silas ) is arranged to marry ( any fc ).
hello here’s silas he’s the worst
he’s the youngest child of the emperor and empress of south korea and only son, making him crown prince due to the country’s male-preferred primogeniture. he grew up completely coddled and sheltered, taught within the palace walls for his entire life up until he went to university. along with intense academics, he was schooled on etiquette and grooming and public image in general, and he was easily molded into his mother’s perfect son. although the overbearingness was annoying sometimes, he really had nothing to complain about.
when he was eighteen, he went into the air force for eighteen months as part of the country’s mandatory military service. he actually sort of enjoyed his time in the military; he’s surprisingly patriotic, so he felt good doing something of substance for his country. everything leading up to it had just been talk, but serving was real. he also made a ton of friends who he still keeps in touch with.
after getting out, he went overseas to oxford to study philosophy, politics, and economics, accompanied by his best friend from the air force (wc!!) who sort of doubled as a (pretty much ineffective) babysitter. before leaving he was also assigned a powerful team of assistants and pr managers to accompany him, and he quickly learned how to use them to his advantage. even though they were employed by his mother, he got to know them and charmed them until they felt a personal loyalty toward him. whenever he did anything that was even a toe out of line, his team made sure that it didn’t get back to his mother, or out to the press.
he returned to korea after graduating, where he played an active, if somewhat underhanded, role in politics that had almost everything to do with his personal influence. he didn’t hold much, if any, power legislatively, but he could host foreign dignitaries and ambassadors, and nobility and politicians from his own country, butter them up and charm (read: manipulate) them to no end, until he could sway their decisions in the crown’s favor.
he’s in phuket because it’s actually sort of dangerous for him to be in korea right now with the contenders to the crown threatening to close in on him. publicly, he takes it in his stride, but privately he’s scared out of his mind. “i’m too young and pretty to die” is a real thought that’s gone through his head
personality/etc.
he’s a shit you guys
intelligent, privileged, vain, (mostly) untouchable, knows how to bullshit his way out of anything
he’s got a couple of redeeming qualities -- he loves his country and his people and ultimately his allegiance is to them; he’s decisive and practical; and the boy knows how to make friends, even if he’s snakey as fuck
he feels bad for his sisters sometimes, but not enough to make him stand up for them to their parents
bi king! sort of on the dl though, because he doesn’t know what his mother would do to him if she found out
korea love love loves him. their image of him is squeaky clean thanks to his pr team, who work so hard to keep all of his indiscretions undercover
connections
literally like everything but also
exes/fwbs -- the dude has so many, just gimme them all
