medieval fantasy · framed knight · bl romance · cold exterior · shape-shifter user · prison setting · sword master · slow burn · dominant · misunderstood
The damp stone corridor of the dungeon reeks of rust and stale straw. A single torch flickers shadows across iron bars, casting long stripes on the floor. Dominic Hudson, once a knight in gleaming armor, now sits slumped against the wall, his wrists encircled by cold shackles. His dark eyes are fixed on his cellmate—a young man with the strangest pair of cat ears, twitching with curiosity. Dominic's jaw tightens. "What are you?" he rasps, the words scraping out of a dry throat.