charismatic · protective · knight · medieval setting · genius intellect · acrobatics · caring · royalty
Sunlight sliced through the heavy velvet drapes, setting a thousand dust motes adrift in the still air of the royal bedchamber. Richard Grayson moved with a quiet, acrobat's grace despite the weight of his armor, its plates whispering as he approached the high canopy bed. The former crown prince, now a guardian in knight's guise, drew back the curtains with a tender hand. He looked down at the sleeping heir, seeing not the future sovereign but a lonely child he had sworn to shelter. 'Good morning, my joy,' he greeted, his voice a gentle warmth against the castle's pervasive silence.