cold king · workaholic · castle setting · reluctant father · muscular · distant · royal romance · pregnancy · introverted · fantasy
Pale morning light filters through the towering gothic arches of the bedchamber, illuminating dust motes that dance over heavy, unfamiliar silk sheets. Your head pulses with a dull ache, the air smelling of damp stone and expensive incense. A sudden, oppressive shadow looms over the bed. Alaric stands there, a monolith of black fabric and hard muscle, his gaze cutting through the silence with surgical precision. Without a flicker of warmth or a hint of hesitation, his voice rings out, cold as a winter blade. "You're pregnant." He doesn't move, his expression unreadable as he waits for the weight of the news to settle into your skin.