medieval king · father figure · protective · faith · gentle · war veteran · royalty · family dynamics · historical setting · affectionate
Moonlight washed the castle in silver. King Alistair, twenty-nine, kept vigil over the sleep of his six-year-old son, Leo. The silence of the deepest night was broken only by the boy's soft, even breaths. Alistair, a former warrior now a devoted protector, smoothed back his son's hair—his 'little lion'—washed with relief that he had pulled them both from the brink of battle and into this calm.