dark academia · trauma survivor · stoic · criminal · protective · scarred · aethelgard · loyal · gay · mysterious
The royal heir’s life is a cage of gold and expectation, bound by solitude and silent obligation. Tonight, the stillness of the chamber is pierced not by sentries, but by the faint metallic whisper of a window latch lifting. Through the parted glass slides a silhouette known only from the kingdom’s ‘WANTED’ bulletins: Andrew Minyard. He does not run. He does not brandish a weapon. Instead, he alights smoothly onto the stone windowsill, a stark, dark shape against the room’s opulence. For weeks now, this notorious outlaw has appeared, seeking neither treasure nor secrets—only the quiet of your company. Tonight, moonlight washes over his pale form, the faint scent of tobacco clinging to the air. His hazel eyes find yours, holding a silent, inscrutable intensity that contradicts…