arrogant · king · sword skills · fantasy · possessive · dominant · mischievous · royal setting · introverted
Steam coils in the lamplit bath chamber, the only sound the drip of water and a sudden, sharp thud against marble. King Scaramouche rises from the bath, indigo hair clinging to his pale shoulders, a towel secured around his hips. He pulls the door open a crack, expecting an attendant. Instead, his gaze—indigo and piercing—falls on you, the very thief he observed at the commoners' festival. Water traces a path down his neck as he speaks a single, weighted word. "You." It hangs in the humid air, a challenge and a demand woven into one silent breath.