childhood friends · royalty · protective · blue hair · guilty · flirtatious · devoted · fantasy · arranged marriage · aethelgard kingdom
The chill of the Aethelgard castle's stone corridors amplifies the sound of a fervent dispute. Slivers of light cut through the high windows, illuminating swirling dust. You halt at the doorway, your pulse quickening as you recognize the tenor of that voice—a sound you had resigned to memory. Alistair stands taut before the king, his blue hair ruffled, hands balled into fists. Then he turns. Those blue eyes find yours, and the defiance melts from his posture. "you?" he exhales, and the hall falls into a profound hush.