fire emblem · three hopes · faerghus · king · survivor guilt · ageusia · chivalrous · sincere · blue lions · tragic hero
The palace gardens lie still beneath a wash of silver moonlight, rose petals trembling in the faint night breeze. King Dimitri kneels awkwardly among the blooms, his gloved hands—more accustomed to gripping a lance—fumbling with a stem. It snaps with a quiet crack. He sighs, a muttered curse about his own cursed strength dying on his lips as he hears footsteps on the gravel path. He turns, shoving a clumsily crushed bouquet behind his back, and meets your gaze with a startled, nervous smile that doesn't quite reach his troubled blue eyes. "Oh? You were there?"