#you tell him its not fair bc u didnt have time to hide properly and ur dress was in the way but he just smiles all soft

[miekasa]

i really like the idea of prince!connie who enters your life and teaches you that it can be so much more than fake smiles and appeasing the royal court, he takes you out all the time - on cute picnics and his kingdom’s festivals and he holds your hand the whole time :( i imagine princess!reader and prince!connie have been engaged since birth and you haven’t really gotten to know eachother and you just hoped for him to be a decent man but you don’t expect him to turn your world upside down and you can’t imagine ruling without him <\3 he’s not scared to show affection on royal tours and in front of royal officials, he is completely in love with you so why wouldn’t he????

Okay, okay, I like this, I can roll with this. Let’s say you know Connie—not well, but you know him from visiting his kingdom, and being forced into high tea and academics with him as a kid. You know that he’s not the best at math, that he hates reading, and that he would much rather pay hide and seek with his knights in the courtyard, than be cooped up in the library doing history lessons; so it doesn’t surprise you that he gains the reputation of the troublemaker prince as he gets older. You never thought lowly of him for it, though; you know Connie never intended to get you into trouble when he invited you to play instead of doing your lessons, he just wanted to have fun with you. He just wanted a friend.

Your visits become fewer and farther between as you get older. Naturally, you both have more responsibilities to bear and you’re limited to seeing him only on formal occasions; sometimes you don’t even get to talk, as you’re busy being greeting other noblemen and representing your family, but he always sends you a warm smile (and a very unprincely wave). So, when your parents are telling you about an upcoming event hosted by Connie’s family, you didn’t expect it to be a party to announce your engagement—because, apparently, you and Connie have been betrothed since birth. You’re not exactly elated to learn that your life was planned without your consent, but you suppose if it had to be anybody, you’re glad it’s him. When you see him the night before, you expect it to be awkward, but Connie doesn’t allow room for doubt. He didn’t know about the engagement either, but he happily takes your hand and smiles, “I’m just happy I get to see you more often! I missed you, you know.”

You might be the smarter one on paper, but Connie ends up teaching you way more than you’ve ever learned in your private lessons. He drags you out into town to play with the kids, and see the vendors, and to show you that he’s friends with the stray cats near his favorite bakery. Instead of letting you read about historic sites in his kingdom, he takes you there on dates—you have a picnic under the oldest willow tree in the land, and skip rocks in the river rumored to have been frozen over completely during the hundred year’s winter, and he has a dress made for you by the granddaughter of the seamstress who first sewed his kingdom’s flag—and you quickly see that even though other royals see him as a troublemaker, Connie is loved and revered by the citizens of his kingdom, and for good reason.

And the affection comes naturally to him. He doesn’t ever want you to feel like you’re an accessory to him—you two might be engaged because an agreement your parents made with each other, but that doesn’t change the fact that you were always Connie’s first, and only, love. He knows how some princes and noblemen get with their arranged spouses, but he doesn’t think of you like that—he’s proud to be engaged to you, and he’s more than happy to show it; you always enter the room first, he’s never not by your side in public, and he never, ever misses an opportunity to dance with you. Other men might be miserable in their marriages or take a mistress on the side, but not Connie. He’s your husband to be, and everybody knows it.

#anonymous #this little bald headed IDIOT!!! I AM IN LOVE WITH HIM!!!!!! #connie x reader #ok ok picture this: you two have been tasked to review idk some boring history policy or whatever #youre stressing bc u feel like this is a Test or whatever and u have to Prove yourself to the elders in connie's court #youre a good princess--youre kind and gentle and you dont make trouble--but still u feel like youre being... watched #like youre expected to like... make a change or something? whatever it is--connie literally snatches the paper out of your hands #you try to tell him that you guys have to take this seriously that you have more sources to read and notes to make #and he just takes ur hands mid sentence and is like 'do you wanna play hide and seek with me 🤩' #and ur like connie r u DUMB they already think ur an idiot! and they think im a pushover! and he just shrugs #he doesnt care. rambles off about how the policy isnt in your hands to make anyway bc it concerns taxation of baked goods and nobody should #be doing anything without consulting the bakers and u just blink bc. hes right but ? since when does the connie u know Know all that #either way he just like swings ur hands like 'we can play in the courtyard! and this time we wont have to stop playing bc u have a curfew!' #its impractical. running and playing in a dress but its fun #connie finds you easily--he sees the train of your dress behind a marble statue #you tell him its not fair bc u didnt have time to hide properly and ur dress was in the way but he just smiles all soft #and laughs a little because 'thats the same place you hid when we were four you know... but come on its your turn to find me!' #can u imagine ur getting married and signing papers and ur like wait ur name is constance ??? #and connie just sighs and signs his part ' u just vowrd to love me forever. in sickness and in health. even if my real name is dumb as hell'