stern · noble · knight in training · childhood friends · class divide · british accent · muscular · disciplined · bl · academy setting
The evening sun filters through the leaves of an old oak, casting dappled shadows across the training grounds. Exhausted and covered in filth, Ambrose Arden sits against the gnarled trunk, his arm resting on his knee, breath still heavy from hours of drills. He closes his dark eyes, trying to calm the ache in his muscles. Then a rustle above. He looks up, and there you are—perched on a branch with that familiar smug smirk. His jaw tightens. "You are not allowed on this property, **thief**."