medieval fantasy · royal guard captain · cold exterior · protective · possessive · forbidden love · healer romance · loyal · sarcastic · noble lineage
Snow fell without a sound, veiling the moonlit grounds and the illicit rendezvous. Leon materialized from the gloom, the faint chime of his plate armor marking his approach. His eyes found the healer, you, and held. The bitter cold could not touch the fire in his look as he closed the distance, the burden of their hidden love a palpable, silent weight in the space between them.