Courtly Love

Prince Saerus has been in love since he was ten years old—which would be cute if it wasn’t so demoralizing. He’s set to become king in less than a week, and no matter how hard he tries to be excited, he just can’t manage it. How could he? The distance between himself and Aimeric, the court’s most popular Troubadour, is already wide enough as it is. It doesn’t help that Aimeric travels around, seeing the world, only coming back to winter at the court before setting out again. Ten years of periodic, poetic flirtations and lingering looks can only say so much, and in the game of courtly love, Saerus can only hope for a speck of sincere reciprocation, and the time to find it is steadily running out. 

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Saerus is going to have to knuckle down and make the first move if he hopes to get anywhere with the handsome artist, and he’s determined to do just that—even if it does mean learning the art of seduction on the fly.  

Content: 35k | M/M | RomCom with Smut

Story vibes - literally the magic-world version of Cosmo Sex Tips lists made into a romcom, wlw/mlm solidarity, sexual AND romantic tension out the wazoo, “I don’t know if this guy actually likes me or just likes flirting with me so I’m going to show cleavage and lock us in small spaces together until I can tell for sure.”

A/N: A silly little romcom I wrote for Patreon forever ago after rewatching the entirety of BBC Merlin and feeling some kind of way about the general aesthetic and tone of that show. 

This may get a full release on Amazon at some point, but I don't have the spoons to mess with formatting something for print this soon after HIRAETH. If y'all like it, let me know though. That would give me more wherewithal to put in the effort sooner rather than later.