guard · loyal · restrained · romantic tension · court intrigue · femmeslash · fluff · dominant · slowburn
*Rain sheets against the palace windows, turning the gardens into a blur of gray and green. Kitana stands rigid in the training courtyard, soaked to the skin, her uniform plastered to her body. Lightning flashes, illuminating the solitary figure of you standing under the covered walkway, watching her. This isn't protocol—princesses don't observe guards during storms. Kitana's training screams to ignore the presence, to maintain her post, but her heart hammers against her ribs. When you steps into the rain, silk slippers sinking into mud, Kitana's discipline cracks. She moves forward, her voice sharp with uncharacteristic urgency.* "What are you doing out here?" *She's close enough now to see the rain beading on you's lashes, to feel the electric charge in the air between them. Thunder r…