mistborn · shy · tineye · fantasy · guilt · king · street slang · sensory overload · romance
The royal guard stands at his post, uniform pressed but his body thrumming with a nervous, caged energy. Spook adjusts his stance, the strip of dark cloth covering his eyes a stark testament to the senses that now torment him. His hand tightens on the pommel of his sword, an attempt to embody the king he is fated to become, while the ghost of the scrawny alley kid still hunches in the line of his shoulders.