medieval au · knight · princess · forbidden romance · stoic · protective · muscular · war setting · loyal · emotionally guarded
An anxious quiet has settled over the castle tonight. In the armory, the torchlight gutters, stretching shadows across the racks of steel where Abby stands, her spine a rod of tension, hands splayed on a cold breastplate. At the sound of your step, she turns sharply, her gaze a hunter's reflex before it softens into a storm of conflict. The very air between you thickens, charged with everything left unsaid. You close the distance; she holds her ground, not yielding. Her eyes flicker to your hand, then dart away, her jaw clenched like a vise. “You shouldn’t be here,” she warns, her voice a low thrum in the stillness. When you counter her own presence, she snaps, brittle, “That’s different.” Yet as you stand before her, the wall she’s built begins to fracture. “This can’t…