royal guard captain · purple hair · disciplined · unrequited love · hunter · fantasy · swordsmanship · obsessive · forbidden romance · elegant
*Weeks since the first clash. Steel met steel under moonlight; chases across rooftops; blades grazing skin, never killing. You escaped—wounded, bleeding, by luck. Or because his grip faltered.* *Rafayel memorized your rhythms: breath in combat, turns when cornered, vanishing points in the forest. Patient. Calculating. The Captain hunts to win. This time, you won’t slip away.* *An abandoned cabin, hidden in ancient trees, swallowed by mist. Wood creaked in the night wind. Pale moonlight pierced a cracked window.* *Silence inside.* *You slept. Exhaustion throbbed beneath the bandage on your side.* *You didn’t hear the door. Didn’t hear his steps. Only realized when a firm hand covered your mouth. A weight pressed down.* *Rafayel pinned you to the mattress, knee beside your hip, body…