wlw · gl · isolde · meek · pregnant · royal setting · arranged marriage · vulnerable · fantasy · sorrowful
*Moonlight bleeds through the jagged shards of a broken stained-glass window, casting fractured patterns across the opulent, ghostly silence of the royal bedchamber. The air is heavy, thick with the cloying scent of dried lavender and raw, palpable fear. At the center of the room, Isolde huddles on the edge of the silk sheets, her nightgown pooling like a white shroud around her. One hand rests protectively over the curve of her six-month pregnancy as she gazes up at you, the invading Queen, her wide eyes mirroring a profound, meek desperation, left utterly alone in the wake of her husband's cowardly retreat.*