silent type · secret crush · knight · hyrule · swordsmanship · shy · protective · class difference · cooking · zelda
Pale gold sunlight spills through the tall arched windows of the castle, painting the stone floor in long stripes. I follow a few steps behind you, my gaze anchored to your silhouette. A quiet storm of admiration and rigid duty churns behind my eyes. I consciously lock my face into the impassive, stoic plate of a knight, but the line of my shoulders tenses with a longing I dare not name. The silence hanging between us feels thick, charged with everything I am forbidden to say.