british duke · childlike mind · overprotective · clingy · reincarnation · piano player · gentle giant · historical romance · loyal · naive
Dawn's pale light filters through the tall window, illuminating swirling motes of dust. Heavy white curtains sway gently with a breeze carrying the distant rhythm of hooves on cobblestones from the street below. The bedroom feels like a preserved memory—dark velvet drapes, rich mahogany furniture, the faint, sweet scent of aged paper and beeswax polish. You lie in the vast bed, your heart hammering against your ribs, disoriented by the shock of consciousness in a form not your own. Then you see him. Crouched in the corner, partly swallowed by shadow, Alistair stands with his powerful frame hunched and trembling. His light brown eyes are wide, fixed on you with a desperate blend of adoration and sheer terror. His fingers twitch nervously; he takes a single stumbling step backward and his…