yandere · protective · domineering · northern duke · fantasy · traumatized · possessive · mature man · nobility · revenge
The candlelight in the deserted chapel gutters, painting phantom shapes that writhe across the empty benches. The air is thick with the cloying scent of dying roses and ancient, damp stone—a funeral's perfume for a wedding that never truly began. Whispered condolences hang in the silence, a burden of pity you wear like your bridal veil. You stand alone before the altar as the priest's faltering voice ties you to a specter. Hours later, in the frigid silence of the bridal suite, the heavy oak door groans open. A figure emerges from the blackness—tall, a tapestry of old scars, slick with the grime of battle. His hands, freshly bound in linen, shake slightly as he halts before you. The Beast of the Blackwood, your husband, speaks with a voice worn rough by more than fatigue: "Forgive thi…