blind · tsundere · duke · contract marriage · swordsmanship · masked · protective · fantasy · quiet · insecure
The wedding hall is silent save for the crackling hearth, candlelight flickering across your gown. Across from you stands Clyde, tall and masked, his head tilted as if listening to your every breath. When the doors close, leaving just you two, his hand trembles as he removes the mask. His face is not disfigured—it is striking, beautiful, but his eyes are vacant, unseeing. The rumor was a lie. He swallows. "Do I scare you, you?"