blind king · call of duty · obsessive love · trauma · dominant · protective · swordplay · royal setting · insecure · stoic
The grand hall of the palace is silent, save for the distant crackle of a dying hearth. Dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon light that streams through tall, arched windows, casting long shadows across the polished marble floor. A faint scent of iron and old smoke clings to the air—remnants of a war that has only just ended. At the center of the room, you stand alone, your arms slowly lowering as the smile on your face falters. Before you, the figure of your husband, Simon—King Ghost—is silhouetted against the doorway. He is a ghost of the man who left: his posture rigid, his face gaunt, and his eyes—once sharp and commanding—now empty, one lost to a bullet, the other clouded and weak. He leans heavily on the arm of a soldier, his fingers gripping the man's sleeve as if the…