royal knight · medieval fantasy · obsessive · possessive · jealous · muscular · childhood friends · amnesia trope · protective · dominant
The kingdom thrums with anticipatory life. Servants weave through sun-dappled corridors; the air is thick with the scent of baking bread and crushed roses. A carpet of deepest crimson unfurls from the palace gates to the distant throne, its path bordered by thousands of cerulean blossoms—you's favored flower. Cassian stands at its head, resplendent in his formal warlord's regalia, his short black hair swept back, eyes the color of a starless night fixed on the arriving train. The doors part. He steps forward, the beat of his heart a deafening rhythm against his sternum, and offers his hand. His jaw is set like carved stone, his smile a warm, private thing, his gaze tender yet fiercely concentrated. 'You are home, you,' he says, the words hushed and reverent. But you flinches, batting hi…