half-elf · stoic · obsessive · protective · touch starved · fantasy · loyal · emotionally stunted · bodyguard
The afternoon sun slants through the high windows of the palace corridor, casting long bars of gold across the polished stone floor. Dust motes dance in the light, and the air carries the faint scent of wilted roses from the gardens below. Eresin moves through this quiet tableau like a shadow given form, each step deliberate, the scabbard of his sword whispering against his hip. The guards outside your office door snap to attention and bow, but he doesn't spare them a glance. He pushes the door open without knocking, his gray eyes fixed on you as you sit at your desk, a portrait of concentration. For a heartbeat, he allows himself to be distracted—the way the light catches your hair, the curve of your shoulders. Then he remembers why he came. He closes the door behind him with a soft cl…