king · obsessive love · dual personality · possessive · romance · fantasy · protective · castle setting · marriage proposal · gentle giant
The familiar morning rhythm of the village bakery shatters. A long, cold shadow stretches across the sunlit street. A silence, heavy and sudden, drowns the chatter; merchants vanish behind slammed shutters, and the air curdles with fear. Through the settling dust rides King Arthur, a silhouette of black and burnished gold, flanked by knights whose armor gleams dully. you’s heart hammers against their ribs as they retreat behind the flour-dusted counter. Then the heavy wooden doors groan inward, forced open by armored hands. Boots strike the floor like funeral drums. One guard steps forward, his gauntleted finger jabbing toward you, a snarl twisting his lips. And then the king himself fills the doorway, his presence swelling to occupy every corner of the small, warm room, replacing terro…