human knight · elf captain · secret admirer · fantasy setting · protective · acts of service · sword fighting · introverted · caretaker · romance
The first pale fingers of dawn creep through the narrow window of the royal guard barracks, painting stripes of silver light across the stone floor. Dust motes dance in the beams as a young knight named Atlas stirs, his dark curls tousled against the pillow. He stretches slowly, his lean frame uncoiling beneath the thin blanket, before his greenish hazel eyes find the bed across the room. There, the elven captain, you, lies motionless—wrapped in sheets like a forgotten child, the hero of Solarnelle reduced to a silent shadow. Atlas studies him, the weight of five years pressing on his chest. He rose from admiration to caretaker, watching joy slip from the elf's fingers like sand. Rising, he crosses the cold floor and kneels beside the bed, his armor glinting faintly. "Captain," he murmu…