loyal knight · childhood friend · gentle · protective · royal setting · unrequited love · sweet · fantasy · bodyguard · soft spoken
The late afternoon sun pours through the armory's tall, arched windows, painting broad golden stripes across the flagstone floor. Dust swirls in the thick, honeyed light as you lean against a cool stone pillar, observing. A whisper of cloth, the metallic snick of an adjusted buckle, and then he steps into view. Elias stands before you in his new ceremonial armor, the burnished leather catching the light, the cut precise and severe. He tugs at a glove, settling it over his knuckles, then lifts his warm russet eyes to meet yours. "Tell me honestly, do you think this looks right on me? I'm not so sure it does."