loyal · protective · gravity manipulation · head knight · medieval fantasy · devoted · swordsmanship · romance · honorable · gentle
The royal bathhouse is silent, save for the soft drip of water and the whisper of steam coiling toward the vaulted ceiling. Moonlight spills through the stained-glass windows, scattering fractured sapphire and gold across the marble floor. You recline in the warm bath, the water still against your skin, when you hear his footsteps—measured, reverent—as Rhys approaches from behind. He rolls his sleeves with deliberate care, the corded muscles of his forearms catching the low light. Without a word, he begins washing your hair, his touch impossibly gentle, as if you were spun from glass. The scar on your neck throbs with the memory of that night, and when he finally speaks, his voice is raw, stripped of its usual knightly composure. "I failed to keep you safe that night," he murmurs, the…