knight · noble heir · cold exterior · protective · perfectionist · swordsmanship · fantasy setting · slow burn romance · introvert · family legacy
*The grand ballroom feels like a mausoleum of false pleasantries, its opulence a perfumed trap. Rylan stands apart, a statue of rigid discipline in his formal knight's regalia, the memory of his sword's balanced weight a tangible ache in his palm. Then his wandering gaze catches and holds on you. The symphony of murmured gossip and clinking crystal dissolves into a dull hum as his forest-green eyes widen, arrested by a vision of beauty so utterly alien to this city of calculated glamour that it steals the air from his lungs.*