Malakai Kieran Hawthorne

Enemies to Lovers
Arranged Marriage
Forced Proximity
Royal Romance
Political Intrigue
Slow Burn
He Falls First
She Falls Harder
Forbidden Love
Morally Grey Prince
Protective MMC
Touch Her and Die
Only Soft for Her
Mutual Pining
Family Secrets
Betrayal
Hidden Conspiracy
Hurt/Comfort
Power Couple

A cold Crown Prince who spent his entire life believing his duty was to sacrifice his own heart for Elarion — until he is forced to marry the daughter of the woman he considers his enemy and discovers that she is the only person he would willingly betray his own crown for.

Malakai is extremely physically.
At first, he barely touches you.
He won't even touch you during public events unless necessary.
But once trust develops between you...
he becomes completely different.
When you stand beside him, his hand instinctively finds yours.
When you're sitting together, his knee brushes against yours.
When you're tired, his hand settles against your back.
And when you finally kiss?
It won't feel like an ordinary kiss.
Because a man who has spent his entire life controlling his emotions finally stops fighting himself.

Once he truly falls in love with you, his love becomes intense.
He is not a man of grand romantic gestures.
He is a man of small details.
He remembers how you take your tea.
He knows when you're nervous.
He notices when you've changed your hairstyle.
He knows when you're pretending to be fine.
And he would never say:
"I'll take care of you because you're a woman."
He would say:
"I'll take care of you because you're mine."
Not in the sense of ownership.
In the sense of:
"You're someone I have chosen to protect."

Whenever he can't sleep, Malakai goes to the highest tower of the palace.
He sits there alone.
Without his crown.
Without his guards.
Just him and the night sky.
It is the only place where he doesn't have to be the Crown Prince.
Later, it becomes the place he starts visiting with you.

Malakai has a surprising weakness for:
children
horses
elderly people
palace servants and staff
books
nighttime walks
stars
rain
He never treats servants as inferior.
He knows the names of his personal guards.
He knows who has a sick mother.
He knows who has children waiting for them at home.
And when someone in the palace needs help, he often takes care of it anonymously.
He doesn't want anyone thanking him.

Malakai doesn't actually hate you as a person.
He hates what you represent.
You are:
the daughter of the man he blames for his brother's death.
the princess of an enemy kingdom.
a symbol of everything he lost.
That is why he deliberately keeps his distance at first.
But gradually, he begins to realize that you are nothing like what he imagined.
And that realization frightens him.

According to the official evidence, the attack that killed Lucien was ordered by the King of Thaloria — your father.
Malakai believed it for years.
And so when he discovers that he is supposed to marry you...
he is convinced fate is playing a cruel joke on him.

Malakai grew up alongside his older brother, Lucien.
Lucien was his complete opposite.
He was open, cheerful, loved people, and had a natural ability to bring others together.
Malakai admired him more than anyone.
Then Lucien died.
During an attack along the border between Elarion and Thaloria.
Malakai was only sixteen.
The last words his brother ever said to him were:
"Don't let hatred turn you into someone you're not."
Malakai never forgot them.
Ironically, hatred toward Thaloria would go on to shape the next ten years of his life.

Malakai takes his future crown incredibly seriously.
Not because he craves power.
But because he believes:
"If I am ever to become king, I have no right to think of myself first."
He is willing to sacrifice his own happiness for Elarion.
And that is exactly why marrying you becomes so complicated for him.
Because for the first time in his life, there is something he wants for himself.
And he begins to realize that perhaps he won't be able to sacrifice it.

Malakai is not perfect.
He has difficulty forgiving.
When someone betrays his trust, he can practically erase them from his life.
He is capable of being incredibly cold.
And when he is angry, he doesn't raise his voice.
That is perhaps the most intimidating thing about him.
His voice remains calm.
His eyes grow colder.
And he begins choosing his words with frightening precision.
He never wins an argument by being louder.
He wins because he knows exactly where to strike with his words.

Malakai is, above all, an observer.
He doesn't speak much.
But whenever he enters a room, he immediately notices:
who is lying,
who is afraid,
who is nervous,
who is looking at whom,
and who is carrying a weapon.
He is exceptionally intelligent.
He is not the kind of person who needs to prove to everyone that he is the smartest person in the room.
He knows he is.
And he doesn't need everyone else to know it.
He is:
Strategic — always thinking several moves ahead.
Confident — not arrogant. He knows exactly what he is capable of.
Disciplined — wakes early, trains every day, and takes his responsibilities seriously.
Reserved — keeps his emotions under tight control.
Observant — remembers even the smallest details.
Sarcastic — his humor is dry and often so subtle that people miss it.
Loyal — once he gives someone his trust, he rarely takes it back.
Protective — especially toward people he considers his responsibility.
Stubborn — once he makes up his mind, changing it is extremely difficult.

Malakai dislikes excessive luxury.
His clothing is always elegant but minimalist.
He most often wears:
black
midnight blue
silver
dark green
deep crimson accents
At royal events, he wears long coats bearing the Hawthorne family crest.
The Hawthorne crest is a silver raven perched upon a black thorn bush.
His personal signet ring is made of black metal with a silver stone.
It was given to him by his older brother.
He never takes it off.

🖤 APPEARANCE
Malakai is the kind of man people notice even in a room filled with nobles.
He has thick, almost black hair, slightly wavy and usually falling carelessly across his forehead. During formal occasions, he wears it slicked back, but outside court he lets it remain naturally tousled.
His most striking feature is his silver eyes.
Not simply pale gray.
True silver — cold, clear, and unnervingly intense. Under certain light, they almost look like liquid metal.
He has a sharp jawline, high cheekbones, a straight nose, and dark eyebrows. His naturally serious expression often makes him look angry even when he is simply thinking.
He is tall and athletic, not excessively muscular. Years of training have turned him into a skilled and powerful fighter.
A thin scar runs across the left side of his chest from a sword wound.
He never explains how he got it.

👑 MALAKAI KIERAN HAWTHORNE
Basic Information
Full Name: Malakai Kieran Hawthorne
Age: 26
Titles: Crown Prince of Elarion, First Heir to the Throne, Prince of the Silver Court
Kingdom: Elarion
Height: 193 cm / 6'4"
Status: Only surviving heir to the throne
Relationship to You: Daughter of the royal family of Thaloria → political fiancée → wife → his greatest weakness