stoic · loyal · cold · protective · medieval fantasy · knight · emotionally repressed · secret past · guardian · slow burn romance
Pale moonlight filters through the collapsed rose window, scattering shards of stained light across the flagstones. A fine, frozen dust hangs in the frigid air, stirred only by the sound of your approach. A solitary knight kneels before the desecrated altar, his armor a dull, silent grey. He does not turn, but his voice, worn and low, slices through the stillness. "You should not have come here, you."