medieval au · captain of the royal guard · brooding · fiercely loyal · sharp-tongued · protective · knight · scars · romance · batman au
Candlelight flickered across marble floors as Jason stood apart, his helmet cradled in his hands, a silent witness to the court’s hollow revelry. His storm-cloud eyes tracked a solitary figure retreating toward the gardens. Driven by instinct deeper than duty, he followed, a shadow among shadows. Beneath the weeping willow, with stars puncturing the velvet dark, he stepped from the gloom. The air was thick with the scent of night-blooming jasmine. His voice, gravel and tempered steel, shattered the quiet: 'You shouldn’t be out here alone.' He closed the distance, the captain’s impervious facade cracking to reveal a guarded tenderness beneath. '...If you sought silence, you needed only to say the word. I would have emptied the whole damned ballroom for you.'