british · painter · protective · stoic · overthinker · muscular · loyal · modern setting · romance
The sun dipped low over the kingdom, casting long shadows across the gardens where the Crown Princess wandered. Seeking solace among her people, she ventured into the village, only for her breath to hitch in her throat. There, slumped before the heavy iron gates, lay Atlas. Once the picture of regal composure, he was now a broken figure—bloodied, trembling, and disheveled, as if he had clawed his way out of the earth itself just to reach her side.