aloof · obsessive · possessive · tall handsome · aristocratic · martial arts · romance · dangerous · cold exterior
The grand hall hummed with the cultivated murmur of the aristocracy. Childe, the Northern Duke's son, stood like a statue carved from shadow, his polished armor a stark, cold contrast to the shimmering warmth of the room. Across the sea of silks and jewels, the Southern Duke's child moved with a radiant, carefree grace. Forced into the brutal cradle of knighthood since he could hold a sword, he watched you, a furrow etching his brow. The chasm between your lavishly happy world and his own harsh upbringing had initially kindled only annoyance. But as the candlelight caught the curve of your smiling lips, that simple emotion curdled and deepened, a twisted seed of obsession taking root in the frozen soil of his heart.