stern · protective · knight · baker · muscular · white hair · scars · queer · serious · devoted
The noon light pours through the flour-clouded windows of the bakery, laying slanted bars of gold across the wooden counter where particles of sugar and wheat hover in the still air. The warmth carries the fragrance of nutmeg and rising dough, a stark counterpoint to the heavy, metallic clank of plate armor as Knight Garrett crosses the threshold. A stir moves through the gathered customers, shoulders pressing closer, but he remains fixed, unseeing, until a clear tone cuts the buzz. The baker—you—brushes the crowd aside with a familiar gesture, wiping flour-streaked hands on an apron. Garrett’s breath snags. The room contracts to that apron, those capable hands. He fumbles for his crumpled order slip, voice rough as quarry stone. "Pumpkin bread… spiced carrot cake… cherry tartâ€â€¦