Crown Prince Of France

“He knows that Kingship is his duty, that a King must put his people first, and live and rule for them.”

[thedutifulheir]

✧

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧  I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

[catherineofengland]

“four years my senior.” she mused, rolling her eyes endearingly at his words. “perhaps not.. unless i am too young for you?” it was so odd to talk so openly about possible matches but they did not have the luxury of finding a spouse organically. 

[thedutifulheir]

“I’m not that bothered by age, least of all by yours. I believe it’s the person that matters most, their traits and how they interact with mine. If they aid or hinder me, if they make me better or make me worse and vice versa.”

[thedutifulheir]

✧ (from catherine)

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧  I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

[thedutifulheir]

✧ (Natalia)

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧  I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

[thedutifulheir]

✧

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧  I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

[thedutifulheir]

Mother Knows Best  || Louis & Isolde

 @isclde​

Louis strode through the castle with intent, he had just gotten back from a very successful ride. After the rather uninspiring advice he had gotten from Natalia the Prince had decided to go on a ride to try and come up with some way to win over the Queen, it was often when he was riding that he found inspiration. The crisp fresh air such a change from the stuffy air that surrounded him while sitting at his desk when working, usually just what he needed when trying to come up with a new idea. He hadn’t managed to come up with a plan to win the Queen over as such but it had occurred to him who could help him in his endeavor, his mother. Surely she would know what to do, she who knew him as well as, if not more than, his cousin. Not to mention that Isolde had experience that Natalia lacked, his mother had actually been formally courted before and so she would know what to do. When he reached the door to his mothers rooms Louis knocked thrice, one of his mothers ladies answered and once she saw who he was was quick to inform his mother of his desire to enter. 

[james-of-scotland-blog]

He looked around him dutifully. as if he were looking for something he’d lost. “I wasn’t aware that Victoire is with me every second of the day, Louis,” He remarked, glancing back to him and raising an eyebrow. “Nor was I aware that you were permitted to speak to me as such no matter the place we are.” 

[thedutifulheir]

Of course that woman wasn’t literally with his father every second of the day but she was all Louis saw when he looked at the man who had given him his first sword, had taken him on his first ride. Whenever he saw the King of France he saw his betrayal to his family, that was something that Louis would not readily endure especially given the fact that the man was a King and therefor untouchable. As was made clear to him again by his fathers next words. “Either you want an honest conversation or a short polite one, being that you are the King I leave the decision with you” It was a struggle to keep the mocking out of his tone but he managed it, he loathed when his father would try to put him in his place as though he were a young boy again. 

[catherineofengland]

there was something so genuine about louis, something other royals she had met had been void of and perhaps that was why she was so taken with him currently, mesmerized by what she deciphered as real, organic kindness. “such an offer is tempting, i am sure in the near future i will have to oblige.” she spoke from smiling lips, a soft, blush still gracing the apples of her childlike cheeks. there was a pause in conversation before she decided to speak again, “tell me, my new friend, how many years are you? you seem so wise, i cannot help but think you are an old man in a young man’s skin.”

[thedutifulheir]

Louis chuckled at her comment, it was something often said about him though often in jest. “I am 24, I hope I am not too much of an old man for you” he joked.

[chaoskxds]

She huffed before extending the letter back to him, knowing that if it had much of anything to do with politics it was not for her eyes, “you are a terrible tease brother.”

[thedutifulheir]

Louis took the letter back, shaking his head as he did so “And you sister are a nosy thief, we all have our flaws.”

[james-of-scotland-blog]

“It seems that I’m not the only one, then,” He remarked lightly. He watched his son quietly for a  moment; it was very rare for them to sit in the same room long without their attention being elsewhere, especially recently. “Do I need a reason to check on my son?” He asked, raising an eyebrow. “Especially now that we are not home and you cannot avoid me as you and your sisters are wont to do.”

[thedutifulheir]

Louis didn’t bother to hide the agitation that came over his face, if they were going to be frank with each other there was really no point in masking his displeasure. “Well I’m sure you can understand why me and my sisters take to avoiding you, children aren’t often eager to spend time with their father and his mistress” The word mistress was emphasized, bitten out sharply as though even the word itself were enough to invoke his anger. 

[fircyca]

[sweetladylucrezia]

D’Artagnan in The Musketeers 3.01 stills (x)

[catherineofengland]

his flattery caused a smile to paint her lips, as well as a subtle peach blush to lay upon her otherwise porcelain cheeks. “i am sure you say such things to all foreigners when in their homelands.” she teased, though she was sure it was true. as he spoke she listened intently, wanting to know as much about him and his land as possible. in a addition to feeding her curiosity it was respectful to at least act interested.. thankfully, her intrigue was genuine. “that sounds lovely. there were many times, as a child, that i wished to live outside of these stone walls. at times i felt a prisoner within this castle… but surely that was the melodramatics of a young girl.”

[thedutifulheir]

Louis couldn’t help but smile when she caught him in his flattery, what she had said was true of course and he respected that she had called him out on it even through the guise of teasing. The Prince found he could relate to the Queens words, he loved his country and he would do anything for it but there were times when the castle walls seemed to smother him. Trapping him from what he truly wanted. “I wouldn’t blame it all on the melodramatics of a young girl....sometimes a castle can just feel like a beautiful prison.” In some ways Royals had less freedom than the common folk, it just wasn’t talked about because they got so much in return. “Should you ever feel the need to escape my family still has that Chateau, myself and France would be honoured to host you there.”

[chaoskxds]

She glanced down at the envelope without allowing herself to read anything. She may have been playful but she did not invade privacy. “Is it anything interesting?” She asked raising an eyebrow at her brother.

[thedutifulheir]

“Oh you know it’s just the usual, state secrets, secret meetings...so nothing of interest I should think.”

[james-of-scotland-blog]

He took a seat across from Louis and rose an eyebrow slightly at the chill that surrounded the pair of them. His eyes flickered over him briefly before he nodded. “I see. Have you accomplished much?” He asked curiously before leaning back in his seat. “It as not but I am doubly satisfied that you’re making the effort.”

[thedutifulheir]

“I’ve completed the things that required my immediate attention, even so with us being away from France I still have much to do.” Louis was curious as to why his father had come if not to pester him about Catherine, he was fairly certain that he had made his feelings towards his father perfectly clear over the years. “Why have you come to see me then?” He could not help but to voice his curiosity.

[chaoskxds]

“what’s it worth to you?”

[thedutifulheir]

“Really Anne? Can you please just give me my letter?”

[thedutifulheir]

❤, ✉, ☼, £, ★, ♚ (Natalia)

❤ : Would my muse have sex with yours if they asked.

Maybe, he would not want to risk her honor knowing he can’t marry her so it would take some convincing although he truly wants to.

✉ : What would they say in a love letter to your muse.

Talia,

It is far time I get something off my chest though it is unfair to do so given my current situation, it has remained a secret long enough and I can no longer bear it. I am in love with you, I’ve been in love with you for as long as I’ve known what love is. It started in childhood but I put it aside, I didn’t completely understand what I felt and I worried about losing the closeness that our friendship brought us. Then through our teenage years we lost touch, I managed to convince myself that with time my feelings for you had been lost as well...how wrong I was. When you walked back into my life that day I knew. Or at least a part of me knew. You see I’ve become rather talented at hiding things from myself over the years, feelings that bring me pain or that can never be are buried somewhere where I can never reach them. It’s a safety mechanism, one sealed the day my own family began to fall apart. I lost my sense of safety. Much to my own dismay, slowly but surely you kicked through that safety mechanism. The love I once felt for you rolling over me in waves little by little. Loving you isn’t safe, things being as they are...but that doesn’t stop it. I wish it would, it would make this easier for both of us. Writing this letter is incredibly selfish of me and there aren’t enough apologies in the world to make up for the complications this could cause but you are the one thing I can’t bury, no matter how hard I try. The longer I tried to cover it the more I felt as though I were being smothered, like I couldn’t breathe. I’m sorry Natalia, I love you. I’ve always loved you.

Please forgive me my weakness,

Louis.

☼ : What kind of outfit they think your muse should wear.

He honestly has no opinion, he thinks she looks beautiful in anything.

£ : If our two muses went on a date, who would they expect to pay for it.

Louis would pay for it, it is the gentlemanly thing to do after all.

★ : What their favorite thing is about your muse.

Their bravery and boldness.

♚ : What my muse thinks your muse is good at.

Taking care of yourself, come what may you always face everything with a fire that he admires.