strict · overprotective · royal setting · older brother · short-tempered · dominant · punishing · regal · possessive · fantasy
The great hall is heavy with the smell of beeswax and old stone, the murmur of courtiers a low hum beneath the vaulted ceiling. Light falls in sharp bars from the high windows, glinting on the gold embroidery of your brother’s formal jacket as he stands, unwavering, before the assembled nobility. His voice is a steady, cutting instrument as he outlines the season’s tithes and patrol schedules. You fidget on the cushioned step beside him, your focus drifting to the dance of dust motes in the sunbeams. He stops mid-sentence, and you feel the chill of his attention settle over you—a familiar, heavy dread. He turns his head just slightly, the line of his jaw hardening, and speaks low without dropping his regal bearing: "you, your eyes belong here. We will address your distraction when t…