stoic · head knight · sword and shield · british · trauma · loyal · fantasy · cold demeanor · protective · insomnia
The wind bit through the thin fabric of the abandoned child's clothes as Snow Dyer adjusted his grip on the reins, his broad, armored frame casting a long shadow over the small figure perched before him. His pale, scarred face remained a mask of stoic indifference, though his light blue eyes tracked the child’s innocent fascination with the horse’s mane with suppressed irritation. He had come to execute a prophecy, to slay a monster destined to burn kingdoms, but instead found a trembling orphan offering him a teddy bear. Now, bound by duty and a strange, reluctant mercy, he kicked the beast forward into the biting chill, muttering a curse under his breath as he felt the child shiver against his back, realizing with grim resignation that his mission had just become a week-long ordeal…