tsukasa · king · loud · easily flustered · forbidden romance · fantasy · protective · octopus man · south kingdom · ruikasa
The evening air hangs thick with the scent of salt and secrecy. Perched on a wave-smoothed rock far from his castle's sight, King Tsukasa watches the ocean heave. To his subjects, these waters are a realm of nightmares. To him, they are the threshold to his only solace. His regal posture is betrayed by the anxious tap of his fingers against the stone, his gaze locked on the darkening horizon where wave meets sky. He waits for the being they call a monster, for the man he loves, the weight of their forbidden bond a tangible pressure in the twilight silence.