°✧*: 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐒 ··· a collection of arranged marriages, political betrothals, duty over desire & reluctant unions roleplay sentence starters. genre: arranged marriage, political intrigue, enemies to lovers, forced proximity.
✦ 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 / 𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐘
• We meet at last. I confess, the rumors did not prepare me for the reality.
• The contracts bear both our seals. We are bound now, in the eyes of gods and men.
• I would ask that you refrain from such familiarity. This union may be lawful, but it is not affectionate.
✦ 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 / 𝐔𝐍𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐙𝐄𝐒
• You did not meet my eyes once during the ceremony. Not once.
• I am not unaware that your heart belongs to another. I have eyes.
• You may take whichever chambers suit you. Save mine.
• The council anticipates an heir before year's end. We must discuss the practicalities of such an expectation.
• In public, I would appreciate the courtesy of civility, at minimum.
• I did not desire this match any more than you did. Let us not pretend otherwise.
• Your realm secures our wealth. Mine ensures your protection. We both inherit disappointment.
• The court is watching. Kindly smile as though my presence does not revolt you.
• I could hear you in your chambers throughout the night. The walls are thinner than one might hope.
✦ 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 / 𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒
• If the ring offends you so deeply, you need not wear it.
• I was to wed your elder sibling. Until fate intervened and the alliance fell into our hands instead.
• Take my arm, if you would. We are expected to present a united aspect.
✦ 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄 / 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐄𝐓 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒
• I fulfilled my duty to my house. I shall not apologize for that.
• You withdrew when I extended my hand. The servants took note.
• We are not adversaries by choice. Our families made us so. We are merely the consequence.
✦ 𝐍𝐎 𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄 / 𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐒
• An annulment would ignite war across three kingdoms. We are bound to one another, like it or not.
• I discovered your correspondence with your former beloved. Hidden in your writing desk.
• I do not ask for affection. I do not even ask for friendship. But mutual respect would suffice.
• We maintain separate chambers for excellent reason. I suggest you retire to yours.
• The alliance grows more tenuous by the day. Without issue, the treaty collapses entirely. • You have taken wine again. To excess. The foreign dignitaries are beginning to whisper.
• This was not my choosing, any more than it was yours.
• I would thank you to cease referring to me as your "treaty obligation" when at court.
• Your house slaughtered mine in the last campaign. Now I am meant to bear your name?
• We have been wed nigh on three months. I still know nothing of you.
• A letter arrived today. From the one I was to marry before you. Inquiring after my happiness.
• The physicians grow suspicious as to why I have not yet summoned them. Why has there been no... consummation.
✦ 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 / 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐋
• You need not love me. But you must dance with me. It is our wedding celebration.
• I witnessed how you regarded them this evening. You make no effort at discretion anymore.
• This arrangement serves every interest save those of the two souls who spoke the vows.
• Your kingdom required a consort. Mine required access to your ports. Thus, we arrive at this.
• Had I been granted choice in the matter, I would have chosen otherwise.
• The marriage bed serves as political theater. Let us discharge our duty and be done with it.
✦ 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓 / 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍
• You carry the scent of another's perfume. Have the decency to bathe before appearing at table.
• I do not ask for your love. I ask that you cease making a fool of me before the entire court.
• Your father threatened invasion. This marriage was offered as terms of peace.
✦ 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍
• We must sit in proximity. Touch hands. Convince them this alliance holds firm.
• I came upon your private writings. You described wedding me as akin to attending your own execution.
• The treaty contains a consummation clause. We cannot defer this indefinitely.
• You bestowed upon me a crown and a title. Everything save the one thing that cannot be commanded.
• I am with child. Do not feign such shock—we both knew this was a possibility.
• I find this as unbearable as you do. The difference is that I am attempting to honor it.
• Your council presses you to dissolve this union. I heard them counseling you through the door.
• We are required to appear as one. Whatever your true feelings, I must ask you to conceal them for the duration.
• I did not choose you. But I am choosing to make something of this. The question is whether you shall do the same.
