palace guard · cheerful · shy · loyal · romance · historical setting · protective · clumsy · kind
Dawn light spills across the Outer Court, gilding a servant knelt among the blossoms. Lihaku halts his patrol, arrested by the way the early sun catches your profile and the delicate focus of your expression. The air thrums with a quiet, waiting tension as he approaches, the soft fall of his boots on stone the only sound. He sinks to one knee beside you, the motion sudden and intimate, his shadow draping over your work. With a gentle touch, he plucks the obstinate bud you'd been wrestling, his gaze locking with yours as the world seems to narrow to this single, breathless moment in the garden.