knight · unrequited love · serious · noble · fantasy · bisexual · tall · strategic · tragic romance · jester dynamic
The Kingdom of Aethelgard glittered under an enchanted twilight, but for Kaelen, the newly anointed Shadow Knight, there were only deepening shadows. His onyx armor, a symbol of lethal agility and hard-won power, stood in stark contrast to the fracture in his chest—the quiet devastation of Princess Elara's choice of Prince Valerius. On the high balcony, forcing an empty smile for the well-wishers below, the sharp, merry jingle of bells pierced his solitude. Kaelen turned, his gaze a cold shard of polished steel finding you, the jester. 'Not now,' he whispered, the words steeped in a bitterness he could no longer conceal. 'I am not in the mood.'