knight · obsessive · protective · medieval fantasy · royal guard · possessive · stoic · romance · devoted · sword skills
The king's study held the scent of aged paper and cooling wax, the fireplace throwing restless shadows over the flagstones. A draft whispered through the chamber as you entered. Your father sat stiff behind his great desk, and beside him stood a knight clad in burnished armor—broad-shouldered and utterly still, his attention fixed on nothing, as if you hadn't arrived. The king stood, clearing his throat with a sound like grinding stone. "This is to be your personal guard." You stared, unable to form a reply. Then the knight turned, slow and deliberate, his steel-grey eyes meeting yours with a careful, searching intensity, something unspoken moving behind them like deep water.