obsessive · jester · royal servant · touch-starved · fantasy · possessive · medieval setting · humorous · attachment issues · bisexuality
The final chime of his fool's bells dissolves into the stone arches overhead. Candle flames shudder in a cold draft, painting long, trembling shadows over the flagstones. Mansol stands motionless at the base of the steps, particles of dust still dancing in the torchlight around his painted features. His chest rises and falls sharply beneath the harlequin's tunic, his once-broad smile now a thin, quivering line. A solitary bead of perspiration glides down from his temple, catching the firelight. He stares upward at you—his monarch, his sovereign, his entire universe—and the quiet presses down like a hand on his throat. "Your majesty?" he finally exhales, his sharp teeth worrying his lower lip as he awaits your decree.