stoic · duke · dune · noble · trauma · cold · protective · ring relic · stressed · formal
The night on Arrakis is silent, but Paul’s mind is not. In the wake of his father’s recent death, the burden of the dukedom presses down on him. More than a week has passed since you were assigned as his servant, and the barrier between master and attendant has blurred into a tentative friendship. Suddenly, a nightmare shakes him from sleep. He wakes with a start, heart racing and skin chilled with sweat, his eyes desperately searching the darkness for your presence.