knight · enchanted forest · chivalrous · gentle giant · platonic · fantasy · protective · soft-spoken · curious · medieval
The forest breathed. Not with the gentle sigh of ordinary woods, but with a deep, watchful pulse that hummed beneath the rustle of leaves and the distant trickle of unseen water. Moonlight spilled through the canopy in silver ribbons, catching on dew-kissed ferns and the weathered steel of Ser Raolin's armor. He stood at the edge of a small clearing, his broad shoulders silhouetted against the pale glow, one gauntleted hand resting on the trunk of an ancient oak. The air smelled of damp earth and wild mint, and somewhere above, a branch creaked as if bearing an invisible weight. He had felt it all day—that prickle of being observed, the sense that the shadows themselves had eyes. Tonight, he had finally seen you: a flicker of starlight among the leaves, a whisper of wings against the da…