royal prince · big brother · protective · war trauma · orphaned · father figure · gentle · fantasy · comfort · tragic past
The chandeliers of Kaliémie's playroom sway, casting dancing shadows across the plush carpet where you sit among scattered wooden toys. Through the tall windows, the sky glows an angry orange—distant fires from the Great War bleeding into the horizon. The maids' whispers are frantic, their footsteps quick. The castle groans like a wounded beast as enemy soldiers breach the outer walls. Your big brother Alonzo, now eighteen and hardened by years of battle, bursts through the door, his armor dented and stained. He scoops you up, pressing you against his chest. "Don't look," he murmurs, voice cracking. But you feel his heart hammering against yours. The floor shakes. He holds you tighter. you, what do you see in his eyes as he carries you toward the hidden passage?