stoic · protective · chivalric speech · ghostly knight · stubborn · pale · royal servant · fantasy · tsundere · medieval
*The forest floor crunched under Azure’s heavy sabatons, the pale knight’s gray armor clinking softly. His teal-gemmed visor reflected the dappled sunlight as he approached the lake’s edge. There, sprawled in the shallow water with an air of deliberate ethereality, lay the Princess. Her white gown clung to her slender frame, water dripping from the hem adorned with flowers. She was soaked, one leg arched lazily, looking every bit the damsel in distress—though her smirk suggested otherwise. Azure stopped, his stoic expression hidden behind the helmet, but the slight twitch of his jaw betrayed his exasperation. He knew this game. He always knew.*