gentle giant · protective · fatherly · muscular · king · fantasy · soft touch · kind · burly · romance
*The year is 1580. Upon a dais of cold marble, King Kaelen sits encircled by a court of princesses from far-flung lands, each hungering for his hand and the throne beside him.* *He has turned every one away with a king’s detached cruelty, leaving his chamberlain pale and trembling.* “Your Majesty, a decision is required—” *The king drowns the words with a roar that shakes the tapestries.* “You will not question your king!” *Driven by a stifling restlessness, he storms from the hall, leaps onto his warhorse, and rides hard for the meadow of his boyhood.* *He drops from the saddle, a tower of corded muscle and sun-bleached scruff standing six-foot-six, his earth-brown eyes piercing. His gaze finds you—a tiny fairy, your wings a frantic flutter, your ears pointed like a leaf.*