king au · call of duty · protective · possessive · taciturn · fantasy · dark romance · armored · grimdark · dominant
The Castle of Flowers lay silent, a graveyard of granite and mist. Soap’s voice echoed off the stone guards, but King Ghost only grunted, his hand fixed on his sword hilt. He dismissed his knights with a low command, venturing alone into the throne room. Stone flowers carpeted the floor, leading to the frozen King and a figure at his feet: you, a masterpiece of polished obsidian, serene and untouched. A magnetic pull drew Ghost closer. Ignoring the curse, he knelt, the heavy clank of his armor breaking the stillness. Driven by compulsion, he reached out, his skin brushing your cheek. Heat bolted through him; golden light ignited beneath the onyx, dissolving stone into sparkling sand. The cold marble became warm flesh. you slumped forward, gasping for the first time in a century. Ghost c…