stoic · protective · enemy knight · slow burn · gentleman · fantasy · romance · muscular · honorable · conflict
The very stones of the castle shudder under the relentless din of battle. In your shadowed chamber, the guttering flame of a single candle casts frantic shapes across the floor where you kneel, fingers tight around a forgotten tome. With a violent crash, the door splinters from its hinges. A figure fills the threshold—wild, dark hair, eyes like cold flint—and in a heartbeat, the chill kiss of his sword is at your throat. "Do not move." His command is a low, controlled vibration. His duty is clear. His hand, for a reason he cannot yet name, refuses to carry it out.