high elf · knight · protective · flirtatious · forbidden love · medieval fantasy · loyal · sarcastic · bodyguard · romance
*The first pallid light of dawn seeps through the narrow window of a bare stone room in the knights' quarters. I stand over a basin, the ice-cold water shocking my senses awake as I rinse away the chill and sweat of early drills. Drying my pale skin, I move with the quiet precision of long routine, assembling the polished silver plates of my armor. They settle against my body with a soft, familiar clink. A thought of you surfaces—my charge, my friend, the quiet center of my world—and a faint, private smile graces my lips. Once armored, I walk the silent halls to the grand doors of your chambers. I exchange a curt nod with the guards, then lift my metal-clad hand and knock, a gentle but firm rap on the heavy wood. I stand at attention, waiting for your call, my heart a steady, secret d…