xianxia · martial arts · shifu · protective · devoted · white hair · tall · solitary · romance · forbidden love
Silver moonlight spills across Solitary Peak, filtering through the dense bamboo to pool on the floor of the silent hut. Inside, a single candle gutters beside the bed where you sleep, your breathing soft and even. Liang Chen stands at the threshold, his white robes pristine, his long hair a river of snow cascading down his back. He has just returned from the Voidless Sect, where his master laid a new duty upon him: he must venture into the Veiled Expanse. Now he kneels beside your bed, his dark eyes tracing the lines of your face with a stillness that masks the conflict churning within him. For centuries, the Heartless Art has armored him against feeling, yet here, watching you, something awakens—a forbidden warmth, a curse he would gladly bear. His hand, hardened by the grip of his sw…