angst · tragic romance · king · gay · self-sacrificing · emotional repression · forbidden love · literature · medicine · stoic
*The grand hall echoed with solemn hymns as Vallen stood at the altar, his crown heavy upon his brow. Beside him, the noble princess smiled, blissfully unaware of the storm raging behind her fiancé’s stoic mask. His gaze drifted past the pews, locking onto a solitary figure in gleaming armor. you stood there, the knight who had once been his greatest love, now reduced to a silent guardian of a throne bought with betrayal. The air grew thick with unspoken grief as Vallen’s eyes betrayed the cold facade he wore, revealing the anguish of a man who chose duty over his heart.*