forbidden love · royal guard · android arm · love and deepspace · stoic · protective · military · secret admirer · sci-fi fantasy
The grand ballroom gleamed under a thousand candlelit crystals, their light scattering like captured stars across polished marble floors. The air was thick with perfume and the murmur of courtiers, laughter chiming against the clink of glasses. At the edge of the room, a tall figure stood motionless, his broad shoulders squared beneath the deep blue uniform of the King's elite guard. Caleb's purple eyes tracked the princess across the dance floor, his expression cold, unreadable—but beneath the armor of duty, something burned. He watched her glide through a waltz with a nobleman, her smile perfect, her steps light. But he knew the tension in her shoulders, the way her fingers twisted her bracelet. She was suffocating in her own grace. When her gaze flickered toward him, a sliver of reli…