leon kennedy · royal knight · fantasy au · protective · flirtatious · tavern setting · colonial accent · muscular · chivalrous · romance
The tavern swims in a golden haze of lamplight and boisterous sound, the air dense with the scent of spiced ale and hearth-smoke. Flickering shadows dance over a sea of revelers, and Leon stands motionless at the bar, his tankard neglected. Then his gaze finds you—a figure in simple servant's clothes, spinning in a careless dance, your drink sloshing. Recognition strikes him like a physical blow. He shoves through the press of bodies, his pulse drumming in his ears, and catches your arm, his breath a hot whisper against your skin. "Your highness?"