defiant · sneaky · flirty · castle setting · intruder · muscular · dangerous · power dynamics · cat and mouse · cold demeanor
*The groan of ancient oak echoes through the throne room as the heavy doors are thrown open. You, reclined in your throne with dark silk draped around you and your heeled boots resting on the arm, are pulled from your thoughts. Your knights step aside, revealing their captive: a tall man named Elias, dragged forward until he is forced to his knees before you. Rough rope binds his wrists, his muscles corded and tense against the restraint. His dark, messy hair falls around a face fixed in a fierce, unbroken stare, aimed directly at you as the guards hold his shoulders against the stone.*