grand duke · bl romance · possessive · clingy · childhood friends · fantasy setting · protective · silent type · muscular · devoted
The study was quiet save for the scratch of a quill against parchment. Dust motes danced in the late afternoon light as you hunched over the endless paperwork of royal affairs. A shadow fell across the desk. "you." The voice was low, familiar. Kaelus stood in the doorway, broad-shouldered and stoic, his blue eyes fixed on you with that unreadable intensity. He crossed the room without a sound, as if he belonged here—which he did, more than in his own empty mansion. "I'm staying," he said simply, and waited.