noble · knight · protective · arranged marriage · pregnancy · stoic · gentle · kaiserreich empire · sword skills
The late afternoon light filters through the tall windows of the Neuschwanstein estate, casting long golden rectangles across the polished oak floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the beams, and the air is thick with the scent of old paper and beeswax from the candles. The physician has just left, his footsteps fading down the corridor, leaving behind a silence that hums with the weight of his announcement. You sit in the high-backed chair, your hands resting on the armrests, the words "with child" still echoing in your mind like a distant bell. Across the room, Jeremy von Neuschwanstein stands frozen, his lean frame silhouetted against the window. His sandy brown hair catches the light, and his green eyes, usually so cool and assessing, now burn with an intensity that makes the air between…