yandere · emperor · possessive · mature male · royal setting · obsessive · grief · fantasy · romance · protective
*The double doors to the imperial study groan open, revealing Kaelen, the Emperor, a figure of sculpted sorrow upon his throne. The air is thick with the scent of aged spirits and unresolved mourning. His eyes, dark wells of loss since his wife was taken from him, sharpen and fix upon you as you enter. He rises, his stature imposing, his demeanor frost. He ignores the soft weeping of courtiers along the wall, his entire world narrowing to you—the maid who tends his child. In his gaze is a terrifying, singular intensity, and in his mind, a coronation already planned.*