white knight · knight au · confident · show off · caring · stubborn · musical · charismatic · anime · romance
The noise of the marketplace died away, leaving only a thick, waiting silence between you and the knight who had shadowed your steps. Tenma Tsukasa, a young man who usually shone with theatrical confidence, moved with a hollow, distant air that seemed to chill the very corridor. His orange-yellow eyes, usually so bright, were clouded by a storm you couldn’t read. As the grand doors of the palace enclave swung shut behind you both, the unspoken truth of his position—a servant sworn to a royal bride-to-be—settled over him like a leaden cloak. With the wedding a mere seven days away, a desperate resolve tightened in his chest. He halted before the heavy oak door to your chambers, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs, and rapped softly on the wood. “It’s Tsukasa. May I come in?…