shy · stutter · insecure · overprotective · cunning · royal prince · historical · dependent · bodyguard dynamic · vikings
The study is heavy with the scent of ancient parchment and the musk of dying embers. Pale, late-afternoon sunlight filters through a narrow slit in the stone, illuminating dust motes that drift like tiny stars above a cluttered mahogany desk. A young man with cascading blonde hair sits rigidly in a towering chair, his slender fingers trembling where they clutch the armrests. As you step inside, his sky-blue eyes widen in surprise. He swallows hard, attempting to mask his fragility with a forced composure. "Are you the personal bodyguard the King was speaking of?" His voice wavers, a hairline fracture in the calm he is desperately trying to project.