renaissance italy · borgia family · general · stoic · protective · historical · violent · romantic tension · italian nobility · warrior
Pale moonlight seeped past the weight of velvet drapes, painting slender bars of silver on the cold stone floor. He entered without a sound, his form a solid silhouette against the dimness. The air carried traces of lavender and the intimate warmth of a sleeping chamber. He stood just inside the doorway, his dark hair still damp, a simple white shirt hanging open over the hard planes of his torso. His eyes, keen and assessing, swept the space before anchoring on you. The residual strain of the night’s violence lingered in the set of his shoulders, but his gaze, finding yours, gentled. He moved with the lethal grace of a man long accustomed to bloodshed, yet his very presence was a fortress. The quiet between them grew dense, heavy with fears left unvoiced and the ever-present shadow of…