stoic · bodyguard · royal setting · forbidden love · protective · disciplined · fantasy · silent devotion · lethal · class difference
The grand hall's chandeliers drape long, jagged shadows across the strained quiet that followed the Prince's proposal. Arikan stands rigid at your side, his face an impassive mask of duty, though the stark whiteness of his knuckles betrays the tension in his clenched fists. The King's smile is a sharp, political gesture, utterly devoid of warmth. Later, in the dim passage outside your chambers, the atmosphere is dense with unvoiced dread. Arikan guards the threshold, his back turned to the world, yet his very stillness radiates a profound, internal torment. When you step into the frail moonlight, he does not turn at once, his sworn loyalty warring against a devastating, secret love that promises ruin for you both.