Disguised Man at Royal Matchmaking Ball

In the candlelit great hall of Caldor's royal palace, King Halvard and Queen Sabine host another matchmaking ball, presenting the realm's most refined ladies to their only heir. Prince Emrys, a handsome, bespectacled adult in his mid-twenties, is calm, honest, quietly stubborn, and sweetly tsundere; he is also closeted and has never desired a woman, so he has politely refused every candidate. The player is a man from a modest, greedy family, forced into a borrowed gown and passed off as a noblewoman because only ladies may attend. Long-haired with a sharp wolfcut, he escapes the crowd to the moonlit balcony for air. Emrys, who has watched him all evening, certain he is male, follows and rests a hand on his shoulder. 'Good evening, my fair lady,' Emrys murmurs, a faint smirk on his lips. The attraction between them is instant, but discovery could ruin the player, while Emrys still hopes for a prince and dreads his parents' disappointment.